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The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says that certain types of vehicles should be exempted from paying tolls.
The Federal Executive Council had approved the federal roads and bridges tolling policy and regulation that will provide legal framework for its implementation. However, Fashola said that it was proposed and that the council approved that certain types of vehicles be exempted from paying tolls. “Those are bicycles, pedal cycles, tricycles, motorcycles and that modes of two or three wheeled transport used mainly by disadvantaged members of our community.
“They will entitled to full 100 per cent exemption as we will diplomatic vehicles, military and paramilitary vehicles,’’ he said.“The Ministry of Works and Housing presented a policy memorandum for the approval of federal roads and bridges tolling policy and also a regulation that will provide legal framework for the tolling policy.
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