My Vision on Roads

Road maintenance poses a headache to men and women of integrity, who would want to see durable Nigerian roads, built with the best designs and materials, to last. But to the corrupt, a road contract is a bonanza, and the gateway to the Nigerian goldmine and windfall called 'empowerment'.

Road maintenance has always been a thorny problem throughout the federation. Roads don't last; they get washed away; highways become impassible; communities are cut off from each other; accidents result with heavy casualties. Urban trunk highways are affected, not to talk of rural roads.

Rather than concentrate only on the more glamorous construction of new networks, except where necessary, my Administration will achieve more for less expenditure through infrastructural maintenance. To maintain access for all part of the State will entail budget resources allocation to repairs, improvement and general maintenance of the existing road network. However, new tarred roads opened through high population density areas that have hitherto not been served, will also be a matter of priority for my Administration.