Wednesday 13 July 2011

Master plan for highways underway – Minister

The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememan, on Tuesday gave an assurance that a master plan for the nation’s highways would be developed to enhance infrastructure planning and design.
Onolememan, who said this in Abuja while addressing management staff of the ministry, called for retreats involving staffwho would be involved in the development of the master plan.
He said the ministry would play a key role in President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda and urged all the staff to be involved bearing in mind the ministry’s strategic position.
Onolememan said the ministry’s major challenges were planning, design and identification of green areas, adding that theywould be addressed accordingly.
The minister expressed sadness over the huge sums of money awarded every year for projects that were often abandoned.(vanguard newspaper)

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