Nigeria to adopt S’Africa’s road tolling
system
on november 11, 2013 at 2:37 am in news
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