FG announces abolishment of surface dressing on Nigerian roads
Minister for Works David Umahi has announced the abolishment of surface dressing on Nigeria’s roads.
Umahi mentioned that surface dressing used to be a extreme source of failure of the country’s roads as it makes it more straightforward for water permeating the asphalt as early as two months of job completion.
He made disclosure one day of the flagging-off of the Twenty ninth assembly of the National Council on Works with the theme, ‘Unlocking infrastructural potentials and opportunities as a catalyst for sustainable fashion below the Renewed Hope Agenda’, in Abakaliki on Thursday.
He counseled the converse governor, Francis Nwifuru for hosting the 36-commissioners and permanent secretaries of the Ministry of Works.
He acknowledged that the Ministry has equally banned the evaluation of variation of impress of materials.
The minister described high cost of initiatives as a prime aspect working against the fashion of infrastructure within the country.
While faulting mission delays, he admonished contractors to be diligent in making improvements to motorway infrastructure and added that the time is ripe for the engineers to discontinue things differently.
Responding, the Ebonyi Converse governor, Francis Nwifuru acknowledged the authorities has carried out 700-kilometres of roads accurate by the converse.
