ABUJA —The Federal Executive Council has approved that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) should take over the reconstruction of 21 federal roads across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
Babatunde Fashola (SAN) Minister of Works and Housing disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said nine of the projects are in North Central, three in North East, two in North West, two in South East, three in South-South, and two in the South West.
The Minister said the 21-road project which covers 1,804.6 kilometres is a strategic intervention under the Federal Government Road Infrastructure and Refreshment Tax Credit Scheme.
According to him, it was under Executive Order 7 that allows the private sector to deploy in advance the taxes they would pay for infrastructure development.
“Those drains were put there, about 42 years ago and 86 of them have failed and we need to replace them now with concrete rain drains to allow water to pass through otherwise the retention of water will badly impact the road.
“As a result of that, we have to revise the scope of works from rehabilitation to construction in order to remove all the old steel drains that are corroded and replace them with concrete drains,” Fashola said.
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