Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria, has said that, in order to enjoy full benefit of road projects embarked upon by his administration, Nigerians must “change their ways.”
The President made this known at a one-day workshop on the developments in the road sector which was held in Abuja.
Buhari, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said that his administration had raised budgetary allocations to capital projects significantly.
“It is on record that this administration has raised the budgetary allocation for capital projects from 15 per cent to a minimum of 30 per cent and committed to physical stimulus targeted at infrastructure,” he said.
“The result is the revival of construction activities and other projects nationwide. From 2015 to date, my administration has constructed several hundred kilometres of inter-state federal roads and bridges to ease the movement of persons, goods and services.”
He, however, added that for people to enjoy the roads when finally completed and get value for the investment “we must change our ways and this government has signed on for that change”.
Speaking further, the president said the convocation of the workshop was an indication of the important role that road transportation plays in the nation’s economic development adding that the critical place of road transportation in the country’s evolution and the national life had never been more alive than presently.
“Presently the haulage of industrial goods, agricultural produce and industrial raw materials, petroleum products, power plant components and other economic materials required in the manufacturing sector, are carried out using the road network,” the president said.
He noted that it was this realisation that underscored the promise of change by the present administration in May 2015 with infrastructure as a priority.
