Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, has disclosed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo rejected a bid by the World Bank to reconstruct the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway while he was in office.
The minister, who stated this in an interview, said that the World Bank had indicated interest in reconstructing the road as far back as 2006, adding, however, that the former president insisted that the road would be concessioned.
According to him, the World Bank has a collaboration with the Federal Government to implement a programme tagged the Federal Road Development Project, noting that the number one road the Bank indicated interest in was the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.
The minister, who also praised the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to end the cycle of corruption in the road sector by tinkering with the certification system for contracts, said that the ministry has been able to showcase many achievements, because the president has ended the cesspool of corruption.
He said: “I just told you about the collaboration the Federal Ministry of Works has with the World Bank through the Federal Road Development Project. The collaboration between the World Bank and the Federal Government of Nigeria is being operated by the Federal Ministry of Works in the road sector and for the World Bank, the number one road they indicated interest in funding and constructing was the Lagos/Ibadan expressway.
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