Okechukwu, which was also joined by the Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila Deputy Whip of the House, Nkeiruka Onyejocha, House Spokesman, Benjamin Kalu and 37 others, the House called on the Federal Government to immediately commence reconstruction and repair works on many broken roads across the country.Īlthough each region appears to assess itself as the worse off, the sad reality is that from East to West, from North to South, the story is the same everywhere. Likewise, vide another motion sponsored by the Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Ibrahim Isiaka (APC, Ogun), urged the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to immediately mop up all available funds to begin emergency repairs on the roads and to develop an actionable plan to execute the repairs, pledging needed legislation support for such action plan. In September, the House, vide a motion by Hon. The House has entertained at least two motions in the last two months calling out the federal executive on the state of the roads.
BROKEN ROADS PLATFORMS DRIVERS
Tanker drivers have been going through harrowing situation and the increased rate of fire incidences involving petroleum tankers with accompanying massive destruction of lives and properties of our members and general public is enough,” Tayo Aboyeji, South-west Zonal Chairman of NUPENG, said.Īlso, the House of Representatives have severally called for action on Nigerian roads. When a truck loads petrol in Lagos, the drivers spend five to six days to get to Abuja because of the shameful state of the roads.
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“We are going on nationwide strike because of the deplorable and shameful state of our highways. This came in the wake of the threats by Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to withdraw their services over the poor state of Nigerian roads and incalculable losses by their members. Last month also, the Senate passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to immediately declare a state of emergency on Nigerian roads. The state of the roads have been a matter of serious concern to the National Assembly in recent times. This necessitated their reintroduction in the current NASS by their initial sponsors. But the Bills started their initial legislative journey in the 8th Assembly when they were first passed by both chambers, but were not signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ossai Nicholas as the co-sponsor, were passed by the House in December 2019. Toby Okechukwu, as the lead sponsor, and Hon. Both Bills, which were sponsored by the Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon.
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Last October, the Senate finally took what many see as a major step towards arresting Nigeria’s worsening road infrastructure when it concurred two House of Representatives Bills, the Federal Roads Bill and the National Roads Fund Bill.
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Udora Orizu examines the problems with Nigerian roads and the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the road bills passed by the National Assembly, as a sure path to ending the perennial woes over the nation’s federal roads