The House of Representatives has charged the Federal Ministry of Works to allocate 20 per cent of its 2025 Appropriation to the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency to enhance its operations.
This resolution was a sequel to the adoption of a motion on the “Need to increase the budgetary allocation to the Federal Road Maintenance Agency for the maintenance and repairs of federal roads across the country,” moved by Aderemi Oseni, at Tuesday’s plenary.
Leading the debate, Oseni noted that the Federal Government was committed to enhancing economic activities and productivity by ensuring the effective maintenance and repair of federal roads throughout the year.
The lawmaker, however, expressed worries that the majority of the federal roads across the country were in a state of disrepair, thus causing economic loss to governments and citizens due to years of neglect.
Oseni said,…