The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has set aside N1bn in its 2021 budget as consultancy fees to be paid to experts that would supervise its roads and bridge projects.
The ministry also proposed to spend N1bn this year to provide road signage and other road furniture on federal highways across the country.
Apart from these, the ministry set aside N15m for the development of highways design software while N250m was voted for the Recovery of Right of Way on Federal Road nationwide this year.
It proposed to spend N2.5bn as intervention fund to provide internal roads in the tertiary institutions across Nigeria this year.
The ministry equally plans to spend N2.2bn on the rehabilitation, repairs and maintenance of 31 old bridges nationwide.
This is apart from the N2bn it plans to spend on special repairs of failed sections of federal roads not under contracts.
The amounts are part of the over N276bn which the ministry voted for highways rehabilitation and repairs in the current fiscal year.
Apart from these, the ministry set aside N15m for the development of highways design software while N250m was voted for the Recovery of Right of Way on Federal Road nationwide this year.
It proposed to spend N2.5bn as intervention fund to provide internal roads in the tertiary institutions across Nigeria this year.
The ministry equally plans to spend N2.2bn on the rehabilitation, repairs and maintenance of 31 old bridges nationwide.
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