The sum of N621.2billion has been approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the reconstruction of the 21 federal roads in the country, which will be undertaken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
This was disclosed by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who briefed State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council, which was held in Abuja.
He said, “the fund which will cover the 21 roads spread across the six geopolitical zones in the country was a strategic intervention under the Federal Government Road Infrastructure and Refreshment Tax Credit Scheme.”
According to Fashola, nine of the selected projects were in North-Central, three in North-East, two in North-West, two in South-East, three in South-South, and two in the South-West region respectively.
