The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency FERMA has begun the conversion of all its operational vehicles to run on Compressed Natural Gas CNG, a development it said would help it key into the federal government efforts at reducing the cost of governance. Managing Director of the agency, Emeka Agbasi disclosed this in Abuja shortly after signing a Memorandum of Understanding MoU …

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has expressed its dedication to the systematic recovery of failed sections of federal roads in Rivers State. The engineer in charge of FERMA’s Rivers State Field Office, Engr. Adoga Asikhia stated during the inspection of the ongoing road maintenance project of the new airport link road in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of …

The Managing Director of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Chukwuemeka Agbasi, has pleaded with motorists plying the North-east roads to exercise caution and be more patient with it as it intensifies efforts at fixing the failed sections of the road. Agbasi, who was represented by Engineer Mansur Adama, made the plea in Gombe during an exclusive interview with Arewa …

The Managing Director of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Emeka Agbasi said on Thursday, 30 November, that the agency requires about N300 billion annually to adequately maintain federal roads across the country. Speaking at an interactive session with the House Committee on FERMA, Engineer Agbasi said budgetary appropriations to the agency are grossly inadequate, adding that the current budgetary …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday withdrew the nomination of 24-year-old Engr. Imam Kashim Imam as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Last week, the President announced the constitution of FERMA’s governing board and management with  Imam named as Chairman, while Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi is the Managing Director. But since then, harsh criticism …

Former spokesman of presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Bayo Onanuga is now Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. A renowned media professional, Onanuga was named on Friday into the Ministerial Coordination and Strategy team of the Presidency along with Ms. Delu Bulus Yakubu (Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and …

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 …