Nigeria to adopt S’Africa’s road tolling system

Abuja— As part of the efforts to ensure the successful
implementation of road management policy in Nigeria, the
Federal Government is set to adapt the South African model
of tolled road management.
Mr. Abdulrasaq Oyinloye, Managing Director of the
Infrastructure Bank, stated this in Abuja at the opening
ceremony of a training programme on tolled roads and road
management.
Oyinloye said the bank is collaborating with the Development
Bank of South Africa, DBSA, to organise a two-day training
for stakeholders in the road sector.
According to him, South Africa has been in the road
management for the past 20 years and it is good Nigeria learn
from them to reinvent the wheel.
Oyinloye said the training, entitled Tolled Roads and Road
Management: A Sustainable Approach, was aimed at bringing
the stakeholders in the sector on the same page.
He said this would enable them have a clear and common
understanding.
of issues and dynamics, surrounding, financing, construction,
operation and maintenance of the road sector.

Via: Vanguard