FG To Reimburse Funds For Verified Road Projects – Fashola

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said President Muhammadu Buhari had established an inter-ministerial committee to verify claims by state governments of money spent on federal roads, and that the Federal Government would reimburse state governments once their claims were verified.

According to him, the Federal Government has commenced the verification of all federal roads constructed by the Kwara State Government for possible reimbursement.

The minister disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, in Ilorin.

For instance, Fashola said the Federal Government had identified Jebba-Ilorin Road as one of the most strategic economic corridors in Nigeria that required urgent attention.

He added that the Federal Government was making efforts to restore normalcy to the road in view of its strategic importance.

Governor Ahmed, on his part, called for more support from the Federal Government in the area of infrastructural development, especially federal roads in the state.

He added that the intervention of the Federal Government on federal roads would ensure cost savings for the state government in addressing other projects left untouched.

Ahmed pleaded with the Federal Government to hasten work on Ilorin-Ogbomosho-Oyo-Ibadan road as well as Jebba-Ilorin road to ease the movement of people and goods from the North to the South-West.