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Minister defends the expenditure of N37 billion in 2012 Budget

The Ministry of Works has spent about N37 billion out of the N44 billion it received to execute projects in 2012. Briefing state house correspondents … Continue reading Minister defends the expenditure of N37 billion in 2012 Budget


The Ministry of Works has spent about N37 billion out of the N44 billion it received to execute projects in 2012.

Briefing state house correspondents after meeting with the president to present the budget performance of the Ministry, the Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolemeimen said that the Ministry has recorded about 93 per cent performance of the amount so far released.

He said that twelve road projects have been completed while 156 others are on-going and intervention work is about to commence on the dualisation of some other major roads.

According to the Minister, the president was informed of the dire need to quickly address some major expressway that are important to the nation’s economy but are in utter state of disrepair.

He listed the roads as, the Port-Harcourt-Enugu expressway, the Onitsha/Enugu expressway, the Abuja-Abaji expressway, Lokoja express way, the Kaduna-Maiduguri expressway, the Apapa-oshodi expressway and the Benin-Ore expressway

He further stated that the rate of accidents on the roads have reduced due to proper maintenance.

The Federal Ministry of Works assures Nigerians that making Nigerian roads safer and better is a task they have set to accomplish in the interest of the nation.