He spoke as he met with Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State and some key private sector operators in Abuja.
At the meeting were the President of Dangote Group of Companies, Dr Aliko Dangote, and the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu.
A statement by the minister’s spokesman, Uchenna Orji, in Abuja, yesterday, said the meeting was part of the ongoing engagement with concessionaires and other interested partners on the need for private sector investment on the road infrastructure as done in advanced economies of the world.
Orji said the development was in keeping with the road infrastructure initiatives of the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying the initiative, would go a long way in changing the narrative of road maintenance in the country.
He recalled that the minister, in his efforts to change the narrative of road infrastructure in Nigeria had, on assumption of office, set up three committees to work on the contracts executed by some concessionaires with the Federal Ministry of Works with a view to reviewing the scope and cost implications of the projects they undertook to execute under the Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI).
