Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Federal Roads and Bridges Tolling Policy and Regulations aimed at reintroducing tollgates on Nigerian roads.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known to journalists after the weekly meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to Fashola, the policy and regulations were developed after extensive consultations with various stakeholders within and outside the government.
The minister, in 2019, announced that the government had concluded designs for the return of toll plazas on federal roads.
He said at the time that though the government dismantled toll plazas in the past, there was no law abolishing tolls.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known to journalists after the weekly meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
He stated that the policy and regulations were developed after extensive consultations with various stakeholders within and outside the government.
According to the minister, a Willingness-To-Pay Survey was carried out to arrive at the recommended pricing framework and existing tolled roads were taken into consideration to arrive at the prices.
He said the tolls will not start until the roads are motorable and this will affect only federal dual carriage roads and that the proceeds from the tolls would be used to maintain and construct road.
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