The Minister of Power, Works and
Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said the Federal Government is
concluding plans to complete the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Lagos,
within the next two years.
Fashola also stated that the Federal
Government inherited a debt of N1tn as outstanding payments to road
contractors across the country.
The minister, who spoke on Tuesday while
addressing a joint session of the House of Representatives Committees
on Works/Power/Housing in Abuja, added that the government’s total
commitment to roads was in excess of N2tn.
He explained that the government had
decided to prioritise road projects in the country by identifying major
ones in the six geographical zones with a view to completing them.