FG Okays N39.7bn For Roads, Erosion, Incinerators’ Contracts       The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved contracts for different projects totaling about N39.7bn. The contracts include those of road construction, erosion control and purchase of incinerators for hospitals and the offices of the National Centre for Disease...

Roads: Senator Seeks N500bn Annual Budget For FERMA       The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, Senator Gershom Bassey, has called for N500bn yearly budget to enable FERMA fix all the deplorable federal roads across the country. Bassey made the call in an interview...

N125bn Required For Road Maintenance - FERMA Boss   The amount required for the maintenance of federal roads in Nigeria annually is N125bn, and not N36bn as allocated for capital budget in the 2020 appropriation bill, the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency said on Tuesday. According to FERMA,...

New Senate Bill Takes Road Maintenance Responsibility Off FG The Senate has introduced a new bill that will take the responsibility of road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance away from the Federal Government. The legislation, if passed and signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, will place...

FERMA Seeks Increased Funding For Road Projects   The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency has called on the Federal Government to provide more funding for road projects. The Managing Director of the FERMA, Mr Nurudeen Rafindadi said the decline of good roads and increase of bad roads could...

FERMA Blames Bad Roads On Inadequate Funding   Many roads in Nigeria are in bad shape due to lack of proper maintenance occasioned by the paucity of funds at the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, the agency has said. According to FERMA, poor budgetary allocations over the years...