524 ongoing road projects across Nigeria, says Fashola

Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has said that a total of 524 road projects were ongoing in the different geo-political zones in the country.

Fashola said this while addressing the house of representatives committee on works chaired by rep. Ahmed Birchi in Abuja.

The minister said there were four multilateral-funded road projects, 81 under the presidential infrastructural development fund and 45 others being funded under the Sukuk bond.

He noted that the ministry was focusing on roads that open up the economy and contribute to the ease of doing business.

He added that Nigeria would be back on its feet if government could ensure that there was no failure on roads that stretched from ports to border cities.