The Niger State Roads Maintenance Agency (NIGROMA), says it spent N500 million to maintain the state’s roads in 2016.
Alhaji Umar Sani, its Managing Director, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Minna, that the agency had already spent N200 million on that activity this year.
He said that some of the repairs were carried out on federal roads.
“Some of the roads into which we sank money are federal roads, but we had to attend to them so as to help our people because their comfort is very paramount to us,” he said.
He particularly identified some specific areas along the Suleija – Minna road as deserving special attention
“Sometimes, heavy trucks loaded with petroleum products, get stuck and remain there for days; articulated vehicles loaded with yam tubers suffer the same fate. So, you see, we cannot close our eyes to these sufferings,” he said.
He said that rehabilitating the road was further necessitated by the presence of an NNPC Depot with heavy trucks always finding it difficult to maneuver through the bad spots.
Umar said that government had also been under pressure by motorists, road transport workers, petroleum tanker drivers and oil workers over the poor state of the roads.
He said that the agency had repaired 70 per cent of the bad portions on Minna township roads, and promised to maintain the tempo to rid the capital city of such sights. (NAN)