FERMA completes over 300 road projects

THE Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) said yesterday that it had completed over 300 capital road projects within its scope of work nationwide.

Its Managing Director, Mr. Nurudeen Rafindadi, gave the figure in a statement signed by his Deputy Director, Head of Communication and Public Relations, Mrs. Maryam Sanusi, in Abuja.

Rafindadi said aside the 88 road projects earlier reported, the agency had completed additional 212 capital road projects and over 100 direct labour works.

He said some of the projects completed included the rehabilitation of Bambal-Buzawa road and Kiyawa-Jama’are federal road in Bauchi State.

The managing director said general maintenance work had been completed on the Kari-Yobe State border road.

He added that the Ganjuwa-Gubi-Wussarawa road was also rehabilitated with scarification, stone base, asphaltic overlay and construction of culvert.

Rafindadi said the agency distilled drainage on some federal roads in Edo and carried out repairs on some bridges and failed portions of the roads in the state.

He added that work on the failed carriageway at Ogheghe Junction along Benin-Warri dual carriageway was ongoing.

The managing director said in the Northceentral, direct labour work was carried out and was 100 per cent completed.

He said in the Southwest, road construction of hydraulic structures, routine distilling of open covered drain, washout and repairs, palliative work and patching of potholes were done in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states.

Rafindadi added that asphalt repairs and cutting of potholes to regular shapes and distilling of line drains on roads were completed in Kano and Kebbi states.

He said the work on the Ondo-Ore road was being supervised by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and the agency might not be able to intervene there.

Rafindadi said FERMA was not rehabilitating the Agbor-Amukpe road in Delta because there was an ongoing contract on the road.

On the Ukpagada-Ogoja road in Cross River, he said the mandate of FERMA was for federal roads and that the agency could only intervene on state and local government roads.

He said the agency had four road projects to be done under the 2018 capital appropriation around Nnewi, Anambra, including the Oba-Nnewi-Okija road, for which the tendering had been advertised.