The Federal Government believes the odds favour the reintroduction of toll gates. The return of the tolling regime will assist the government in sourcing funds for roads repair and maintenance. But will this elixir be enough to generate the huge revenue to make all federal roads smooth all-year-round? ADEYINKA ADERIBIGBE asks in this report.
THE stage is set for the Federal Government to reintroduce the tolling regime on federal highways. But motorists have nothing to fear as Power, Works & Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola assured that tolling will not return until all federal roads have been reappeared.
“We are only waiting for the completion of these roads before we introduce toll gates,” Fashola told the Senate when he appeared before the National Assembly last week.
To him, the extant laws still empowers the government to introduce tolls. And government will be tolling the roads in order to get the needed funds for their maintenance.
Despite the whopping N1.
Road maintenance: How far can tolling go?
