MIRIAM NNOLI 
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on Thursday, said the Federal Government will toll all major roads in the country upon completion of construction and renovation.
The Minister who disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja said the Federal government will be tolling the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway upon completion.
He listed some of the roads as Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano Road, and Makurdi-9th Mile, among others.
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According to him, the tolling of federal roads “is going to bring a lot of money to the Federal Government.
The Minister said, “For example, we are completing the Lagos-Ibadan, we are working on Makurdi to 9th Mile in Enugu State, we are working from Abuja to Lagos. These roads are going to be tolled. But we are not just tolling them, we are bringing confidence in the use of these roads.
“If people can travel at night because we are bringing security, where the response time will be 10 minutes on the entire corridor, where you have solar light permanently there and then reduce travel time, and through the tolling, the roads are maintained, then, there will be confidence because Nigerians will pay if the roads are good.”
Umahi further said that private sector members have been engaged to bring in funds, construct the roads, and work with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Ministry of Works to toll the roads.
