Tag: Federal Roads

“Supervise federal road contracts” – Umahi urges Nigerians

Aminu Imam

Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has urged Nigerians to supervise palliative road contracts which will be carried out across the country. Recall that the Minister, on Monday, via his X (formerly Twitter) account, announced that the rehabilitation and palliative work on all failed federal roads would commence on December 1, 2023, while reeling out plans for actualising a sustainable road infrastructure throughout the country, saying this was in response on the complaints by commuters and residents on dilapidated federal roads. Umahi, in a statement, said work would soon commence on…

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Renewed Hope Projects: Contractors must sign 30 years indemnity for roads – Umahi

Aminu Imam

Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that under the renewed hope agenda, all contractors handling road construction by the Federal Government must sign an indemnity of 30 years for the road contracts. Umahi, who stated this yesterday while addressing the media at the Mabushi Headquarters of the Ministry of Works, said roads constructed with concrete can last for 50 years while those of asphalt technology can last 30 years. He emphasised that no contractor would be forced to build concrete roads even though the federal government’s priority is to…

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FEC approves N30bn augmentation for 74km Loko-Nasarawa road – Fashola

Aminu Imam

…Says it’ll reduce travel time from Abuja to Oturkpo by 3hrs 30 mins  The Federal Executive Council, (FEC) has approved N30 billion contract augmentations for the completion of the 74 kilometre Nasarawa to Loko Road, in Nasarawa State. The Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola disclosed this to State House Correspondents in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after the week’s virtual FEC meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Fashola explained that Council granted three approvals for contracts’ augmentation, all summing up to a total of N38.436 billion, for the…

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