The Federal Government through the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has concluded plans to fill up the potholes and intervene in the repair of failed portions of federal roads nationwide as the rainy season sets in.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this was made known by the acting Managing Director, FERMA, Mr Godson Amos, during an interview on Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Abuja.
Amos said the intervention became necessary due to the need to ameliorate the hardship and delays road users face daily on the highway.
Repairs are to be done within 6 weeks
The FERMA boss expressed optimism that the intervention would be achieved within 6 weeks of the commencement and all potholes and road failure worked on, on federal roads across the country.
He said he had gotten reports across the country of the deplorable Federal Roads across the country which had caused a lot of inconveniences to road users, adding that this has hampered economic activities due to the inability of the people to freely move goods from one place to the