Nigeria’s
Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, at the weekend in Abuja said many road
projects were either abandoned or moving at snail speed due to paucity of funds
or technical challenges when President Goodluck assumed Jonathan in 2011.
The
Minister who was speaking at the 3rd Ministerial Press Briefing on the
achievements of current administration
said before President Jonathan assumed office, travelling on Nigerian
roads was a nightmare, as commuters were made to oftentimes stay overnight in
transit.
According
to him, the Federal Government’s on-going rehabilitation, construction,
expansion and maintenance of major arterial highways across the country have
brought a new lease of life to citizens and road users.
“From
about 4,500km of fair roads in 2011, today more than 25,000km of the 35,000km
of federal roads are now in good and motorable condition, with some of the road
alignments comparing favourably with roads in the developed parts of the
World”, he said.
The
minister explained that
