FG says most bad roads in Nigeria belong to state governments

– The minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed, says many bad roads in Nigeria belong to state governments – Minister Ahmed disclosed that the works, housing and power sectors got highest allocations in 2019 – The minister insists that works and housing sectors are on the administration’s priority list and are funded Many bad roads in Nigeria are not the responsibilities of the federal government but those of the states, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, has declared. Ahmed argued that most of these affected roads belong to the states and not the federal government.

She said N650 billion has been released for capital projects in the 2019 budget as it works to develop the country through the Ministry of Works and Housing. She said this amount exceeds the N600 billion approved for release as of October 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Nation reports Ahmed added that N250 billion addition would be released by December 2019 to put the total released for capital projects in 2019 at N900 billion.