N700bn Annual Budget Needed for Federal Road Maintenance – FG

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N700bn Annual Budget Needed for Federal Road Maintenance - FG

The Federal government of Nigeria has released the budget for Federal road maintenance.
This budget is said to be the 2025 Federal road repair be maintenance.
Over seven hundred billion naira was stated for the rid maintenance in 2025.

A total of over seven hundred billion naira has been demanded for the repair of roads across the country.

According to report from the Minister of State for Works, Mohammad Goronyo, the fund is insufficient, considering the work to be done.

Confirming this, the FEEMA Director of Information and Public Relations, Maryam Sanusi defended the budget, stating that N4.9bn will be for personal costs, N33.468bn for overhead cost, and N26.487bn for capital cost.

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According to him, the amount is lower, compared to the 777 billion naira proposed for the year 2024.

He said;

“I want to implore this esteemed committee to support the agency to ensure the sustainability of road infrastructure maintenance. The benefits of increased financial support will ensure scaling up preventive maintenance and promoting sustainable road maintenance practices.

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“FERMA is in the process of developing, modifying, and redefining key policies which will generate resources for the Agency to proactively maintain our roads for ease of movement of people, goods, and services. But the yearly budget allocation to the agency is grossly inadequate to cater to the enormous task of maintaining the nation’s extensive network of Federal Roads which will require over N700bn annually.”