The federal government has announced 1st and 2nd quarters of 2025 as timeline for monitoring/assessment of road works.
The Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination, Hajiya Hadiza Bala Usman disclosed this Friday, during a visit to Minister of Works, Sen. (Engr.) Nweze David Umahi, in Abuja.
A statement by the Director Press Ministry of Information Mohammed Ahmed, said Umahi while welcoming the monitoring team took them through the nitty-gritty of the services being rendered by the Ministry to the public and the processes involved before the services become visible and appreciable by the public.
These include initiating the project, designing, costing, bidding and other processes before the commencement of any project.
According to him, road is a critical infrastructure that cannot be over-looked, as every strata of human beings make use of it, both the rich and the poor, young and old etc.
He, therefore, thanked Mr President for making road infrastructure a priority amongst the eight priority areas of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, which is to enhance infrastructure and transportation as enablers of growth.
In her remarks, Hadiza reiterated that she came to formally introduce her team, who will be engaging with the Ministry’s officials by way of monitoring its performance within the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2024, as well as sought for better ways of enhancing and fast-tracking works on Nigeria roads geared toward the actualisation of the Renewed Hope Deliverables.
While hoisting the banner of the approved 8-point Priority Areas of the present Administration, which must be achieved, she announced that the assessment is to be carried out by her team, in the coming week.
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