Federal Government of Nigeria will soon re-introduce toll gate on
Nigerian roads, the federal minister of state of works, Amb. Bashir Yuguda said
on Thursday that, it will open the sector to both local and international
investors.
Vanguard reports,
The
Federal Government said Thursday that the purpose of reintroducing tolling
system into the management of the Nigerian roads was to help boost the road
sector across the country.
The
Federal Minister of state of works Amb. Bashir Yuguda, made this known during
the Federal Roads and Bridges Tolling Policy consultation forum in Abuja,
saying that the re-introduction of the tolling policy would open the sector to
both local and international investors.
He
said that the fact that over 90 per cent of economic and social activities are
run on the Nigerian roads put so much pressure on them, adding that as such so
much funds are needed to maintain the roads to keep them in motorable
condition.
“The
economy is doing well, the road transport account for over 90% of the movement
of road and services in the country any nation no matter how advance you are,
almost 90% of the movement of goods and services in this country is on road and
that calls for regular maintenance.
Yuguda
noted that it would be run on a Public Private Partnership basis unlike in the
past where it was run in a public service method with all its trappings of
inadequacies and mismanagement.
According
to him, federal government had come up with a comprehensive policy to back up
the tolling system with a view to avoiding the pitfalls of the past.
He
urged all the participants to deplored their professional acumen in coming up
with a robust policy document that would enhance seamless operation of the tolling
policy.
“I urge you to have robust discussion on how we can come up with comprehensive policy on our roads. We have developed a template and we will subject to review, after which we will now come up with the final document to take to the federal council for the approval of the council and the approval of the President, Yuguda added.
Do you think this is the best policy? Remember that federal government ordered people to remove the existing toll gates before and now they are trying to rebuild toll gates, don't you think this is a waste of money?
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