The Federal Road Maintenance Agency says plans are underway to fill up potholes and repair failed roads nationwide as the rainy season sets in.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja, the acting Managing Director of FERMA, Mr, Godson Amos said that the intervention was necessary to ameliorate the hardship and delays road users face daily.
Amos said he had got reports on deplorable federal roads across the country.
“The failures on the roads are mostly caused by the incessant rainfall being experienced in many parts of the country, which results in cutting off of roads embankment and collapsing of many carriageway sections at many locations across the country.
“Also, excessive traffic, overloading of vehicles coupled with age of the roads are other factors that have contributed to the dilapidation of the federal roads.
“This hinders the free flow of traffic, causing colossal damage to vehicles, wastage of productive man hours and huge discomfort to road users.
“Our engineers in the field offices have already carried out route condition survey of the federal roads and have identified all critical failures like road embankments washout and failed carriageway section for the agency to take action”, he said.
On how the agency would executive this intervention, Amos said that direct labour would be deployed by engaging skilled and unskilled youths in the communities.
