FG to stop funding road projects by 2019 — Maku

Labaran Maku

Indications emerged penultimate weekend that the Federal Government will divest its funding of road construction in the country. The government plans to cede the construction of road projects to the private sector in 2019. These facts were disclosed by the Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku at the Ministerial press briefing organised by his ministry for the Federal Ministry of Works in Abuja.

The Federal Government said at the briefing that it has spent N1.765 trillion on 184 on going projects across the six geo-political zones of the country.

Speaking at the briefing during which the Minister of Works, Arc  Mike Onolememen, presented his score-card, Maku explained that by 2019, the construction and maintenance of roads will principally be handled by the private sector.