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The Minister of Works Dave Umahi has promised to construct roads that will last a minimum of 50 years without maintenance.
Speaking with Channels Television on Thursday, August 24, the former Ebonyi state governor said roads constructed under his leadership in the state would last 50 years without maintenance.
According to him, “I noticed that some of the projects, while you are still on the roads, have gone bad.
When I was on Abuja-Lokoja Road, I discovered that the asphalt was flowing. And if you enter that road with speed, that is the end of such a person
I did 3,500 kilometres of concrete road in Ebonyi State, and it is maintenance-free. For 50 years, you would not maintain it.
The lifespan of a road is between five to seven years. That should not be. And that’s why everywhere, we are putting money on projects and not getting value for it.
I have directed that all the ‘no objections’ my ministry submitted to the BPP be returned. We need to look at the new method of constructing our roads based on our climate.
The moment we deploy concrete technology… I am speaking with the state governors on this. It is a revolution that is going to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.
I promise Nigerians, with the directive of President Bola Tinubu, that any road we do with our new technology, for fifty years, nobody is going to maintain it. Money will be saved and money will be wisely spent in our tenure.”
