The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing Alhaji Suleiman Hassan, on Sunday, said the ongoing road projects across the country by Federal Government will boost agriculture and enhance the economy.
Hassan, while granting an interview to journalists in Gombe said the Federal Government was committed to improving roads, rail lines, waterways to enhance economic growth.
“Our government is committed to improve on our roads, new rail way lines and more efficient waterways for navigation to explore economies in the hinterland to bring prosperity to this country."
“So that what is being produced from agricultural areas are evacuated to the industrial areas and markets for agro-processing, agro-marketing.
“And this improves the welfare and economy of those farmers and the industries that are processing these produce, even exporting them so that we can earn more money for Nigeria."
He also stressed that the Federal Government had made noteworthy progress on the ongoing road projects in the country.
Hassan said that a lot of economic activities were also ongoing along the roads apart from creating employment opportunities for people working at the sites.
“We have made a lot of satisfactory progress in the past one to two weeks we inspected the work.
“I just returned from Oyo State where I looked at the roads on Ibadan-Oyo and Ogbomosho. Work is going on and the quality is high and people are engaged.
“A lot of economic activities are going on along these roads. Look at all the geopolitical zones, you will see activities going on."
“If you take a look at Kano-Maiduguri road, Kano Western bye-pass, Kaduna Eastern bye-pass, work is going on earnestly,” he said.
