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Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by treesun: 9:45am On Sep 30, 2021 |
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Federal Road Bill which seeks to repeal the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency Act, Federal Highways Act, and the Control of Advertisement on Federal Highways Act.passage in line with legislative traditions. https://punchng.com/senate-passes-bill-to-scrap-ferma/ 10 Likes
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Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by FreeStuffsNG: 9:51am On Sep 30, 2021 |
I think FERMA has overused its stay but I doubt if the executive will agree with this law if the proposed agency takes over the job of contract awards which falls under the authority of FEC. I remember it was the agency of PDP under President Obasanjo that Pa Obj used to fight Lagos State Government then when Chief Ogunlewe was Honourable Minister of Works . Today, same Chief Ogunlewe is solidly in the camp of same Asiwaju Tinubu he was being used to fight then. God bless Nigeria. Here is free book on business ideas & money sources directory for you, it's 100% free! https://www.nairaland.com/6666800/looking-business-ideas-money-fund. 16 Likes |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Xscape1993(m): 9:51am On Sep 30, 2021 |
This is a welcome development. 3 Likes |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by treesun: 9:53am On Sep 30, 2021 |
FreeStuffsNG: Must everything be politics. FERMA has made road worse. 26 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by constance500: 9:55am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Good but |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by psucc(m): 10:01am On Sep 30, 2021 |
This if implemented will be my birthday gift(though I cancel all forms of celebration or even recognize the date) |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by FreeStuffsNG: 10:01am On Sep 30, 2021 |
treesun:FERMA didn't make road worse sir. It is wear and tear from use, environmental degradation and poor maintenance in the face of poor funding that make road worse. The politics part is relevant because of the high stake in such high budget projects and it was same politics that made FG under HE Obj to demolish all the toll collection and weighing stations in one fell swoop then and that catapulted FERMA into politics. I grew up and in my adult life seeing those tolls and the sections where trucks and trailers are weighed to ascertain if they have exceeded the maximum weight for safety reasons and maintenance of the road. It was not FERMA that scrapped the tolls and weighing stations. Now that the tolls are coming back, whoever collects the tolls and FG can have a PPP contract that ensures such business arrangement maintains the road while the new agency should oversee issues such as compliance with standards and handle customer(road users) complaints . We can have back an agency like DFFRI to attend to the last mile rural roads since federal roads would have been covered. Here is free book on business ideas & money sources directory for you, it's 100% free! https://www.nairaland.com/6666800/looking-business-ideas-money-fund. 20 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by realstars: 10:04am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Vary Good Desition To Take,, 1 Like |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by treesun: 10:09am On Sep 30, 2021 |
FreeStuffsNG: Lekki- Epe that they have been collecting tolls and doing PP, how good are the roads, even Law School area is filled with potholes. MM Airport, Ikeja that have toll and paid parking lots, how good are the road from Airforce base. For your info, for every litre of fuel, we are paying for road maintenance. So where are the humongous revenue? 23 Likes |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by tradepunter: 10:16am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Ok |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by ATEAMS: 10:16am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Oboiiooo |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Amuluonyenaego: 10:16am On Sep 30, 2021 |
They aren't doing anything 1 Like |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Sholaco: 10:16am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Long overdue.. |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by QuickStandard: 10:16am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by CondemnBattery(f): 10:17am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Why scrap an agency, just to create another agency that will do same job as the scrapped one? Abi na me no understand? 26 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Eriokanmi: 10:18am On Sep 30, 2021 |
They should scrap ITF too. They're only eating money for doing nothing 2 Likes |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Skillsnigeria: 10:18am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Hmmm |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by TabletSenorita(f): 10:18am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Not like they were useful anyway 2 Likes |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Ayo2004: 10:18am On Sep 30, 2021 |
I don't know what FERMA is but I know anything this useless rubber stamp zombies sign is for the doom of poor and middle class Nigerians 2 Likes |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Sundaypaul12345: 10:18am On Sep 30, 2021 |
When are you scrapping banditry and herdsmen? |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by allthingsgood: 10:18am On Sep 30, 2021 |
FreeStuffsNG: This is an executive bill i.e it was sent by Ministry of Transportation. Its only sponsored by a member 1 Like |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Nobody: 10:19am On Sep 30, 2021 |
For those who find the move suspicious, or are wondering what's happening, what they're saying is that: The Senate just passed a bill scrapping FERMA (the agency responsible for repairing federal roads) and hoping to replace it with a new agency that will no longer repair roads but instead, offer contracts for the repair of the roads to politicians who will do their repairs on the roads and mount tollgates on them, as Tinubu did at Lekki. 6 Likes |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by unitysheart(m): 10:19am On Sep 30, 2021 |
treesun: One of the best roads in the country is the Lekki Epe Highway. And it is state road, not federal. 1 Like |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by FreeStuffsNG: 10:19am On Sep 30, 2021 |
treesun:Please which of the negatives above is caused by FERMA and those roads you just mentioned are way better than roads like the Ota tollgate or Agbara- Badagry without tolls. I am not having this convo for the usual negative mindset and lamentations as if everything is the fault of government. Those digging roads without authorization and those burning stuffs on roads etc are part of the problems as much as those who don't suggest probable solutions to our problems yet keep blaming government all the time. It's your responsibility to suggest ways too and if you can't, you are not helping anyone with the 'lament and go' approach. FERMA didn't spoil those roads or make the roads worse like you alluded to. I just feel that with the return of tolls, FERMA now becomes underutilized and will serve us better to have agencies with a new mandate that even extends to some rural roads at least in each of the 774 LGAs. 4 Likes |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Ayomi90: 10:19am On Sep 30, 2021 |
All signs of stupidity, you create an agency today tomorrow you ban it, shows these ppl don't knw what they are doing. |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Patrioticman007(m): 10:19am On Sep 30, 2021 |
Old boy |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by OhiOfIhima: 10:20am On Sep 30, 2021 |
A welcome development if possible but masses should brace up to pay more for the road uses. This one govt is talking of private partnership, meaning more tollgates is coming. 1 Like |
Re: Senate Passes Bill To Scrap FERMA by Realdeals(m): 10:21am On Sep 30, 2021 |
treesun: Your argument and his own still boils down to accountability. Road maintenance charge in fuel price and tollgate, which one is better? 1 Like |
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