The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) said it had constituted a task team to complete ongoing rehabilitation of roads to ensure they became functional throughout the Christmas season.
The Chairman of the agency, Mr Jide Adeniji, told newsmen on Sunday in Abuja that the team would specifically ensure that the rehabilitated roads were free for motorists especially during the festive season.
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“We have already constituted a task team for free passage of vehicles during the yuletide for the 34,120 kilometre-road network.
“Last year I went on air and said if there is a failure nobody should take Mr President for such a failure, they should hold me responsible. And by the special grace of God most of the roads are passable.“
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He said FERMA was committed to the reduction of the current disrepair on Nigerian roads to achieve “near zero pothole” by the first half of 2014.
Adeniji said the agency had adequate manpower and the expertise to deliver on its responsibility of making roads useful through proper and regular maintenance.
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“Now I have little work to do because when we took over, the degree of dilapidation of the road was about 31 per cent but today by the special grace of God it is about 23 per cent.
“For this yuletide, there is a task team and the roads would be passable.“
