-By our correspondent
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has appealed to commuters plying the Abuja-Keffi expressway, which had recently witnessed constant traffic gridlock, to bear with the Federal Government, noting that the ongoing expansion work on the road would alleviate their plight.
Fashola who made the appeal while briefing journalists after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said over 20,000 vehicles ply the road daily, adding that if it were possible, the road would have been shut to facilitate speedy completion of the ongoing rehabilitation project.
In his words: “On Abuja-Keffi Road, the reason we’re there in the very first place to build the route is that it has become inefficient to manage the large traffic of commuters. And we understand the inconvenience that commuters feel trying to use that road.
“We appeal to them to bear with us, it’s a challenge for us; I think almost about 15 to 20,000 vehicles if not more, use that corridor now almost daily. We wish we shut it down to have uninterrupted construction but unfortunately that’s impossible, so people have to drive through the construction site while we manage traffic.
“So, please bear with us, we’ll do the best we can to minimise the inconvenience. When the road is finished, be sure that the current inconvenience would have been well worth the wait and the experience.”
Contracts valued at N58.427bn for roads construction and agricultural emergency intervention projects were approved at the FEC meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari
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