Toll Gates Would Be Introduced On Federal Roads - Fashola

Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has disclosed that the Federal government will be re-introducing toll gates on Federal roads in Nigeria.

 He said that the money generated from the tolls will be used to maintain the roads. This was said during his first news conference tagged ‘Setting the Agenda for Delivering Change’ in Abuja yesterday December 8^th.

Fashola said that “Maintenance would be our watchword. We are setting up a robust maintenance regime to keep our highways in good shape. This shows that tolling is necessary to support government funding. So, it will not be too much if we ask every road user to pay little to augment government funding for road maintenance. It is eminent commonsense for us to find that money. We will use technology; so if we don’t pay cash, you will pay by tokens or tickets and the money is accountable and it will go to the right place. We will manage that fund properly and we will hold those who we put there to account.”