minister chides lagos state for repairing federal roads...
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minister chides lagos state for repairing federal roads...
this is what state governors should be doin, instead of oening their big gobs moaning about the state of roads
THE battle may have been drawn between the Federal and Lagos State governments over administration of Federal roads in Lagos State as key officials of the state and federal works ministry exchanged hot words over the weekend.
Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Saleh Sheu, hinted last week that the Lagos State government acted illegally to have repaired some federal roads without seeking permission to do so.
Besides, he said, the figures put forward as expected reimbursement from the Federal Ministry of Works for the jobs is being reviewed, implying that the contracts may have been inflated.
The minister, who was responding to questions on "one on one!" a Radio Nigeria programme, said it was wrong for the Bola Tinubu administration in Lagos to embark on the repairs of federal roads without obtaining permission.
Saleh, who said federal roads in Lagos such as Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island and Western Avenue are being rehabilitated, emphasised that what the Lagos State government has done with the federal roads is equivalent to one painting his neighbour's house without being sent.
"What is normal is for any state that wants to rehabilitate federal roads to first get permission from the federal government (owners of the road) before the engineering design is made. That is the only ground under which you can expect reimbursement," he said
But Lagos State Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Muiz Banire, has described the position of the Federal Ministry of Works as unfortunate as it smacks of ignorance of government responsibilities.
Apparently referring to comments allegedly made by the Minister of Works, Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe to the effect that men of the state's Road Management Agency (LASTMA) and Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) have no business policing federal roads, Banire said the minister may have been misinterpreted.
The Commissioner who spoke to The Guardian last week said: "...was the minister saying LASTMA and KAI officials had no business rescuing victims of the accident that claimed 14 lives on the Third Mainland Bridge recently because the bridge belongs to the Federal Government?"
Banire, who also described the fuel levy of N1.50 on every litre of fuel as illegal, said the federal government owes it a duty to repair its roads for which states' money is being deducted from source.
"The federal government collects royalty from crude oil, it also collects corporate tax from the oil companies. So the fuel levy is illegal, unconstitutional and fraudulent," he said
THE battle may have been drawn between the Federal and Lagos State governments over administration of Federal roads in Lagos State as key officials of the state and federal works ministry exchanged hot words over the weekend.
Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Saleh Sheu, hinted last week that the Lagos State government acted illegally to have repaired some federal roads without seeking permission to do so.
Besides, he said, the figures put forward as expected reimbursement from the Federal Ministry of Works for the jobs is being reviewed, implying that the contracts may have been inflated.
The minister, who was responding to questions on "one on one!" a Radio Nigeria programme, said it was wrong for the Bola Tinubu administration in Lagos to embark on the repairs of federal roads without obtaining permission.
Saleh, who said federal roads in Lagos such as Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island and Western Avenue are being rehabilitated, emphasised that what the Lagos State government has done with the federal roads is equivalent to one painting his neighbour's house without being sent.
"What is normal is for any state that wants to rehabilitate federal roads to first get permission from the federal government (owners of the road) before the engineering design is made. That is the only ground under which you can expect reimbursement," he said
But Lagos State Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Muiz Banire, has described the position of the Federal Ministry of Works as unfortunate as it smacks of ignorance of government responsibilities.
Apparently referring to comments allegedly made by the Minister of Works, Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe to the effect that men of the state's Road Management Agency (LASTMA) and Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) have no business policing federal roads, Banire said the minister may have been misinterpreted.
The Commissioner who spoke to The Guardian last week said: "...was the minister saying LASTMA and KAI officials had no business rescuing victims of the accident that claimed 14 lives on the Third Mainland Bridge recently because the bridge belongs to the Federal Government?"
Banire, who also described the fuel levy of N1.50 on every litre of fuel as illegal, said the federal government owes it a duty to repair its roads for which states' money is being deducted from source.
"The federal government collects royalty from crude oil, it also collects corporate tax from the oil companies. So the fuel levy is illegal, unconstitutional and fraudulent," he said
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I wonder where OBJ gets his mumu ministers from. Only a mumu man can attract such mumu anyway. In a true federation Lagos won't be having to wait or beg the Federal govt. Waiting for a day when there's a true federal practise in the country and Lagos Governor and talk and tiny states and stupids ministers will have to think twice before opening their mouths.
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