FG To Reimburse States’ Expenditure On Roads

The Minister of Power,
Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has assured that the Federal Government would reimburse states that carried out construction works on federal reads  across the country.
However, the minister said such reimbursement would be done after a thorough inspection of such projects has been done by the appropriate federal government agencies.
Fashola stated this Monday in Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital, during the inspection of Lokoja-Abuja Road.
He said such inspection was to ensure that the roads were constructed to specification and up to standard.
Fashola stated that he was in the state to assess the power plant in Geregu, and his team would also inspect all the federal roads constructed by Kogi State Government for which claims were made.
“We will also be looking at the state roads that were done by the Wada-led administration for which they were making claims, so we should be able to assess them whether they have been done to specifications that will qualify them for reimbursement,” he said.
Speaking on the road construction on Abuja-Lokoja Highway, the minister said work was in progress, saying: “We started with the Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Highway and some progress had been made, work needs to be completed and same story for all sections is lack of funding and that is understandable, because the 2015 budget made very  little provisions for roads.
“So, with the 2016 budget, hopefully if passed, we will be able to address some of these problems.”