We need N700bn to maintain federal roads annually – Minister

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The Minister of State for Works, Mohammad Goronyo, has expressed concern that the current budgetary allocation to the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency is grossly insufficient, given the critical role the agency plays in maintaining and repairing roads across the country, as well as the vast scale of the task it is responsible for nationwide.

He said the agency needs over N700bn yearly to maintain federal roads nationwide.

Goronyo who is the supervising minister of the agency, made this opening presentation at the budget defence before the joint session of the Senate and House Committees on FERMA.

A statement by the FERMA Director of Information and Public Relations, Maryam Sanusi, said the agency defended its budget proposal of N64.88bn, comprising N4.9bn for personnel costs, N33.468bn for overhead cost, and N26.487bn for capital cost for the 2025 fiscal year.

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