House of Representatives has
resolved to probe all the roads constructed by the Federal Government across
the country from 2007 to date.
The decision followed the passage
of a motion by Dachung Musa Bagus, titled: “Motion on the daily death of
Nigerians as result of bad roads in Nigeria” under Matters of Urgent Public
Importance at the plenary.
The House mandated the Richard
Olufemi Bamisile-led Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), to
investigate all roads constructed by the Federal Government since 2007 till
date and report by to House within few weeks for further legislative action.
The House urged the Federal
Government, through the Federal Ministry of Works and Federal Road Maintenance
Agency (FERMA), to include the construction and rehabilitation of the bad roads
in the country in the priority list for the 2020 budget.
Bagus, while moving the motion,
had said: “Note the challenges caused by poor nature of our roads in the
country, which are in deplorable condition which make it difficult for road
users and commuters to without recording avoidable loss of life and enormous
damage to vehicles.
“Also note that, most Federal
Highways were constructed in the 1970’s and since then, no major quality
construction or rehabilitation has been carried out on these important links.
“Further note that these federal
highways have been death traps, most of the routes that link the states to the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are on the verge of being cut off from
being part of the federating units of Nigeria.
“We are concerned that, if urgent
measures are not taken to rehabilitate roads to improve the economic and
commercial activities of the people in terms of infrastructural development,
they will continue to wallow in abject poverty which can lead to the total
collapse of the social infrastructure.
“This can threaten the existence
of some States as federating units of the Federal Republic of Nigeria if
severed from the road network to the FCT.”
Bagus raised concerns over the
avoidable deaths being recorded on the highways due to the deplorable
conditions of the roads.
According to him, despite the
billions of naira invested on repair, road accidents have claimed more lives
than the dreaded Book Haram insurgency.
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