Fashola: FG Yet to Determine Extent of Damage to Roads Infrastructure by Raging Floods * Says 154 roads, bridges impacted so far Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday said tha
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola , yesterday said that the federal government had yet to determine the full extent of damage roads infrastructure done by the current floods ravaging the country.
The minister said that when the 2023 budget defence starts , the ministry hoped to send in its report, stressing that lawmakers were concerned about the massive impact of the natural disaster. Fashola said that the condition of infrastructure when the Muhammadu Buhari administration came in had improved considerably, noting that though the journey had been challenging, it had also been inspiring.
In terms of funding, he stated that at the start of the administration, some colleagues of his suggested public /private partnership which he said was time consuming. “Generally, across the world, bad weather is a severe condition and problematic for those involved in the operation and management of logistics. Our own experience here is largely rain and flood.