ALL FEDERAL ROADS TO BE REPAIRED before christmas

The president Goodluck Jonathan has directed that all federal roads, particular those in the South East including Abia State be made motorable before Christmas, a directive the Ministry and Minister of Works have accepted to implement.

Meanwhile,  a group - Road Infrastructure Monitor (RIM) has called on the Federal Government to urgently dualise the Okene - Abuja, Onitsha - Owerri and Benin - Ore - Shagamu expressways in order to ease traffice congestion and reduce accidents on these roads.

Its about time.

A ministry of Maintenance should be set up, whose sole responsibility is to maintain our roads as this is one of the major problems facing the Nigeria masses.

Bad roads has lead to the loss of lives and properties and as the festival period draws near, a lot of people would be travelling.

I think this directive is coming a bit later but better late than never.