- Recall that the minister had inaugurated the committee on the implementation of cashless tolling system on the road.
David Umahi, minister of works, says the installation of four tollgates on Abuja-Keffi-Makurdi expressway aligns with Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) guidelines.
NAN reports Umahi addressed concerns from commuters about multiple tolls on the newly completed expressway, responding to queries on the issue’s growing criticism.
The minister said that ICRC’s founding legislation outlines required tolling parameters, including minimum and maximum rates, for privately managed roads.
“The total length of that road is 260 kilometres, and it is dualised, which means you are talking about 520 kilometers, and I don’t think that we have more than four toll gates on that road,” he said.
“There is a law establishing infrastructure concession regulatory commission, and they have the minimum requirements and maximum requirements for tolling.
“We have followed that law and we have also set up a committee, because we are doing a cashless collection on the road.
“The committee members are meeting with us next week, and they will tell us how to go about that, because, there are a lot of people who do not know how to read and write, when it comes to ICT.
“It may be difficult for them to understand what we are talking, in terms of the electronics payment of tolls. So, we are trying to ensure that we carry such people along.”