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Following the decision to concession ten of the Federal Highways, the Federal Government has said that it will soon announce the bidding process for firms interested in the management of the highways.

Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, who made the disclosure in Abuja during a webinar for stakeholders consultation on highway development management initiative, assured the process will be conducted in a transparent manner “that allows the most effective bids to compete vigorously in a process that delivers service to Nigerians”.

On the benefits of the initiative, the Minister, disclosed: “In a nutshell, what the HDMI seeks to achieve is to bring multi-dimensional resources of skills, manpower, finance, technology and much more into the National Highway governance within Nigeria’s 35,000 km of federal highway.

“What we have done now is to identify 10 highways representing about 2,225 km and 6.4% of our 35,000km Federal Highway Network as a pilot first phase of the HDMI.

 

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