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Jos \u2013 The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) says it requires at least N70 billion\u00a0 to fix the nation\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n

Mr Ifeanyi Nweke, FERMA Maintenance Engineer in Plateau,\u00a0 Jos on Monday said that the nation\u2019s roads were\u00a0 in bad state and required urgent attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much work to be done, but the funds are lacking,\u2019\u2019 Nweke said, adding\u00a0 that the N70 billion figure was arrived at after a careful study.<\/p>\n

He said that the agency was working hard to ascertain the causes of the failure of the roads so as to minimise the incidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreliminary findings blame the situation on the quantum of loads that ply the roads on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur roads are constructed to carry loads not above 42 tonnes, but the failure of our rail system has given\u00a0 us no other option,\u2019\u2019\u00a0 he said.<\/p>\n

Other factors responsible for the sad state of the roads, he said, included the fact that the roads were constructed a long time ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey (roads) have been in use for long and need some steady repairs. FERMA wants to provide that,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

He canvassed\u00a0 the re-introduction of weigh bridges on the roads to check\u00a0 roads users who carry goods beyond their\u00a0 limit.<\/p>\n

The FERMA boss said that the weigh bridges could rake in more funds as revenue would be generated from taxes imposed on vehicles with extra load.<\/p>\n

Nweke\u00a0 stressed the\u00a0 need\u00a0 to protect the roads to save undue expenditure incurred on them as funds available were getting leaner. (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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