By Emman Ovuakporie

Abuja — MEMBERS of the House Committee on Works, Tuesday, commenced inspection of the state of federal roads in the South East and North Central geo-political zones of the country.

The team, led by House Committee Chairman on Works, Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi, are expected to inspect the dualisation of Abuja-Lokoja road and the emergency repairs of the flooded section of the highway; dualisation of Lokoja-Benin road section 1and 2 before proceeding to the rehabilitation of Otukpa-Ayangba-Ajaokuta-Okene road Phase 1.

Other states to be covered by the team  this week include: Benue, Niger, Nasarawa and FCT.

It would be recalled that the Federal Government had expended a whopping N312 billion on road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance across the country in 2012.

Deputy chairman, House Committee on Works, Mohammed Ali Wudil, disclosed this recently while addressing reporters.

He said about N226 billion from the national budget was spent on roads in 2012.