Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has warned contractors handling the Benin-Auchi-Abuja highway to make sure the road is motorable all year round.
He spoke in Benin City during an inspection tour of the four sections of the road.Several bad spots that surfaced on the road made it a nightmare to ply the road last year as travelers had to spend longer hours on the road.
“lf we are building a road, all the good work we do means nothing if people are stuck during the rainy season. Make sure the bad spots are good. We want to take that point of agony away.” The former Lagos Governor said President Buhari commitment is distributing wealth to the rural communities.
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