The Minister of State for Works, Bello Goronyo, has urged the administration of the Federal Roads Upkeep Company to offer common updates regarding the ongoing rehabilitation of roads to the general public, Nationwide Meeting and different stakeholders, to bridge communication gaps.
The minister gave the recommendation at a gathering with the administration of FERMA and members of its board led by the Managing Director, Chukwuemeka Agbasi, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The event comes amidst dissatisfaction concerning the poor situation of Nigeria’s roads and the variety of lives misplaced in highway accidents by members of the Nationwide Meeting.
In keeping with them, a state of emergency needs to be declared on all federal roads.
However reacting in an announcement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Mohammed Ahmed, on Wednesday, the minister urged the company to broadly publicise its achievements for correct appraisal by related stakeholders.
The assertion learn partly, “The Minister of State has urged the administration of the Federal Roads Upkeep Company to offer common updates to the Nationwide Meeting and different stakeholders, as a way to bridge communication gaps.”
The assembly, which was the continuation of an earlier one held in Kano on Monday, was aimed toward articulating a piece plan with a transparent roadmap for FERMA actions nationwide.
It was additionally to deal with the fallout of the invitation by the Nationwide Meeting, the place the necessity to upscale communication between the 2 was emphasised and the necessity to all the time deliver Board Members up to the mark with the actions of the Company.
He additionally listed gray areas noticed within the non-implementation of the 2024 funds and urged the company to attract a template for all ongoing FERMA initiatives to embark on a go to to all of the geo-political zones to entry initiatives being undertaken by the Company.
Gonronyo additional appreciated the administration of FERMA and the Board for the go to, promising that such engagements might be held to deliver the advantages of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, which seeks to boost infrastructure and transportation as enablers of development.