2025: FG budgets N64.88bn for roads’ maintenance
The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), has proposed a total of N64.88billion for the 2025 budget appropriation for maintenance of Nigeria’s road sector. A statement from FERMA’s Director (Information/ PR), Maryam M. Sanusi (Mrs.) said the Minister of State for Works, Muhammad Bello Goronyo, who is the supervising minister of the agency, revealed this at […]
The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), has proposed a total of N64.88billion for the 2025 budget appropriation for maintenance of Nigeria’s road sector.
A statement from FERMA’s Director (Information/ PR), Maryam M. Sanusi (Mrs.) said the Minister of State for Works, Muhammad Bello Goronyo, who is the supervising minister of the agency, revealed this at the opening presentation of the budget defence before the joint session of the Senate and House Committees on FERMA, and said the estimates comprised N4.9 billion for personnel costs, N33.468 billion for overhead costs, and N26.487 billion for capital costs.
The budget prioritises major trunk ‘A’ roads within the six geopolitical zones, aligning with Mr. President’s development and economic recovery objectives of the Renewed Hope Agenda.
The amount is lesser than the N77 billion proposed for the year 2024.
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The minister assured that FERMA is committed to ensure transparency and accountability, using data-driven decision-making and regular community engagement in road maintenance planning.
He disclosed that in collaboration with the committees and key stakeholders, efforts to reduce the burden on federal government maintenance of road assets nationwide is being looked into.
“FERMA is in the process of developing, modifying and redefining key policies, which will generate resources for the agency to proactively maintain our roads for ease of movement”.
In his presentation before the committees, the Managing Director of FERMA, Engr. Emeka Agbasi, said adequate funding is needed to enable the agency to increase its activities in preventive maintenance and other interventions on federal roads across the country.
He stressed that the agency is faced with enormous challenges as a result of low budgetary allocation. He noted that inadequate releases of funds for the 2024 budget, has negatively affected the ability of the agency to maintain the roads.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on FERMA, Sen. Hussaini Babangida, on his part, frowned at the practice of continuous construction of new roads without adequate measures to maintain existing ones.
He noted that the allocation for road maintenance is highly inadequate because of the poor conditions of the roads.