Renewed hope for roads in Nigeria

The timing is fortuitous in the wake of the Federal Government’s decision to implement the recommendations of the 2013 Oronsaye Report on reduction of government expenditure.

In December 2018, President Buhari did not sign the bill for the establishment of the Federal Highways Authority. However, after the withholding of assent by the President, the Eighth Assembly did not evoke its constitutional powers of making it an Act by passing it again with a two-thirds majority. In 1997, the Federal Military Government inaugurated the “Road Vision 2000 Committee” headed by Engineer Michael Adesina from the National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture . It was charged with the responsibility “to mid-wife a Road Fund and the Federal Highways Authority.” The committee produced a Draft Decree in 1998. A Nigerian stakeholder succeeded in informing General Abdulsalam’s transitional regime about the Decree awaiting promulgation into Law.

In 2013, the Minister responsible for federal roads, Mike Onolememen, announced the approval of the merger of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency with the Highways Division of the Federal Ministry of Works. On June 6, 2014, The Guardian Editorial titled “At last, a roads agency for Nigeria?’’ stated: “That the Federal Government would conclude the long-standing effort to establish a Federal Highways Authority first attempted by the Yakubu Gowon administration in 1970 is a good development.

The Guardian editorial of September 5, 2023, made a case for replacing the National Council of Works with a forum each for roads, housing, and the environment. At such an annual or bi-annual Workshop on roads, Federal and State officials will present a report on the condition of their roads and the plans of action.

The ongoing trial of a Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor, Emmanuel Orekoya for alleged defilement of his 17-year-old daughter was stalled yesterday following absence of prosecution witnesses.

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