The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has flagged off the Yuletide easy passage programme tagged; Operation Connect Your Destination at the Abuja-Keffi express way.
The Managing Director/CEO of FERMA, Chukwuemeka Agbasi during the flagged off the programme said; ”The essence of the road maintenance/rehabilitation programme is to offer road users good roads when traveling across the country from the North to the South, especially during the Yuletide period”.
According to him, the agency is strategically positioned to improve the economy of the country.
“The intention of the Agency is to improve on the socio-economic value that road offers”. He added
Also, FERMA Head of Direct Labour , Engr. Sani Abdulkadir, said that the operation connect your destination is a programme designed to ensure free flow of traffic across the Country during the Yuletidu season.
It is targeting 36 major Federal roads in the Geopolitical Zones across the country in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Works.
The Abuja-Keffi road is the major route connecting the entire North-Central and more state in the North East to the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the country.
The Federal Road Safety Corp appealed for concerted effort by the road users and other critical stakeholders to sustain the programme beyond Yuletide Season..
Meanwhile, road users have applauded the development and FERMA will be working on critical areas of road failures between now and mid-January all across the country.
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