As a way of ensuring that the country’s highways are safe, the federal government has established an ad-hoc ministerial committee on security of highways construction projects across the country.
In a release by the director information, Ministry of Works, Olusola Abiola, the minister of works, Engr David Umahi while inaugurating the committee urged all Nigerians to show patriotism by joining hands with security agencies to protect highways construction project sites across the country.
Umahi during an interaction with members of the ad-hoc committee in Abuja, stated that they are all retired military and security personnel drawn from the Armed Forces and the Nigeria Police Force.