Excerpts from Speech by Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, at the 4th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of NUPENG, on May 10, 2018 in Abuja:

"If people ask you what change means, please tell them it means doing more with less."

"If they ask you what change means to tanker drivers, please tell them that it means the revival of construction works and the return of contractors to access roads to petroleum depots, from which you do business and support your families."

"Those of you who ply Ilorin-Jebba will now admit that from spending 7 days on that road, you now spend less time while works are rapidly progressing, not only on the road but also in the Emergency Repairs on the Tatabu Bridge, which suddenly collapsed as a result of massive rainfall, flooding, and lack of maintenance."

"Those of you who ply the Suleja-Minna Highway where there are strategic NNPC Depots at Minna and the PPMC Depot at Diko, will now acknowledge that the contractor is back to work."

"Those of you who take products from the NNPC Depot at Gusau will acknowledge that our contractor is now back to work after years of absence due to lack of payment for work done on the Zaria-Gusau-Sokoto Road."

"Those of you who use the NNPC Depot in Ibadan will also now acknowledge that our contractor is back to work on the Ibadan-Abeokuta Highway."

"And work has been completed on the Enugu-Abakaliki and Kaduna-Jos Roads to provide access to the NNPC depots at Enugu and Yola."

"Tell them that your journey times on these roads are gradually improving and the presence of contractors at the work site gives you hope that it will get better."

"I cannot fail to mention the recent award of the Ikorodu-Shagamu Road that services Mosimi Depot, where work will soon commence."

"Similarly, our Ministry is working to finalise the procurement and award of the Apapa, Tin Can, Mile 2, Oshodi to Oworonshoki Highway."

"If people ask you what change means, please tell them it means doing more with less... Tell them that you see change in the work that the Ministry of Transportation is undertaking on the Lagos-Ibadan-Kano Rail."

"Tell them that after many years of broken promises, the Buhari Government has acted by starting the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan section of the project which will link to the Apapa Port. Tell them that change means the employment of about 7,000 Nigerians now working on that section of the project, and that you now believe that those who started it are better positioned to complete it."

"Tell them that you see change because there is a clear difference between unfulfilled promises of yesterday and a commitment that is backed by visible action today."

"I just returned from road projects inspection in Kebbi and Jigawa States last night where our contractors informed me that Bitumen producers and suppliers are now struggling to cope with demand."

"These are clear signs of a business boom and employment not only for transporters of the products like your members, but also for the manufacturers."

If they ask #WhereIsTheChange, send this to them!