Niger State seeks FERMA intervention on roads maintenance
By Golfa Francis, Abuja
The Niger State Government has appealed to the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), to look into the deplorable condition of Federal Roads in the State and maintain them so as to ease the movement of users, goods and services across the State.
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello while on a courtesy call to FERMA Headquarters in Abuja decried that due to some deplorable roads in the State, users of the roads experience tough times in the last rainy season leading to accidents and giving opportunity to bandits to operate without hindrance.
Governor Bello urged FERMA to as a matter of urgency intervene on Minna-Tegina, Tegina-Kontagora, Jebba-Mokwa, Mokwa- Tegina to make the roads motor-able.
Responding, the Managing Director/CEO, FERMA, ENGR. Nuruddeen Rafindadi, while appreciating the visit of the Governor, said the demand to intervene on maintaining and putting Federal roads in the State in good condition for easy movement was valid.
‘’I believe that the roads in Niger State should be of priority because of the importance of the State to the country,’’ he said.
‘’we may not be able to solve all the road problems in the State, but we will identify critical sections and take immediate care of those sections to ease the users movement,’’ Rafindadi added.
The MD revealed that arrangements have been concluded by the Agency to commence work on some roads in the State under the COVID-19 Intervention projects.
He emphasised that monitoring and maintenance of Federal roads across Nigeria is the business of FERMA, adding that the Agency will continue to make roads across the country motorable to all road user within the limit of funds that is available to the Agency.
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