Nigerian Minister of Works Dave Umahi, has explained that the 227.2 kilometre Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Makurdi highway is being tolled after its completion because of a public-private partnership.
He disclosed this at the 2025 Ministerial Briefing in Abuja on Friday.
According to him, outside the project being a PPP, the toll is required to guarantee its maintenance.
“It is a PPP contract. Part of the agreement is that it will be tolled. The two carriageways have been completed. In the past we have built roads; this is the first time we are constructing a toll gate. The toll is to ensure the road is maintained.”
DAILY POST reports that Umahi said 260 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s palliative projects worth N208 billion are 90 percent completed.
CREDIT: DAILY POST