Minister Of Power, Works And Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has unveiled the highlights of the Federal Government's plans for the construction of 44 federal highways in the 2017 Budget.
This was disclosed in a press release by the Special Adviser on Communications to the Minister, Hakeem Bello at the weekend.According to the statement, after an inspection tour of roads in 34 states of the
Federation by the Ministry, 63 roads have also been marked for emergency intervention. The Minister noted that the road projects are spread out in such a way that no zone has been left out.
For the purpose of effective implementation, the Federal Government has classified the roads into Critical Economic Routes and Agricultural routes to include all roads traversing geopolitical zones, advancing trade and commerce across the states and leading to the ports as well as those passing through agricultural areas across the country.
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