Trucks, SUV/Jeeps, light vehicles/minibuses and cars will now pay ₦6,400, ₦4,000, ₦3,200, and ₦2,000, respectively, to ply the 227.2km Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Makurdi highway reconstructed by the Federal Government under the Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) road project scheme.

The development followed the official flag-off of the cashless tolling operations along the road corridor by the federal government on Tuesday.

The road has four toll stations at Keffi, Akwanga, Lafia and Makurdi Plazas.

The toll rates peg Trucks/buses/multi-axle vehicles at ₦1,600 per toll, light vehicle/minibuses at ₦1,000, SUV/Jeep at ₦800 and cars at ₦500, respectively. Each vehicle plying the road from beginning to the end will be tolled four times at four different toll stations.

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, said on the 227.2-kilometer Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi highway, however, commercial vehicles will enjoy 50 per cent discount while tricycles, motorcycles, and other modes of two-or-three-wheel transport are exempted from paying toll fee.

Others also exempted are Police, Military and security and diplomatic vehicles.

He said the road corridor is a vital infrastructure route in Nigeria, serving as an essential highway for both the economic and social activities of the central and northern regions of the country.

He said the road corridor is crucial for the economic, social, and strategic development of Nigeria as it serves as a key artery for trade, mobility, and national security while contributing to the growth of infrastructure, urbanisation, and national cohesion.

Umahi, represented by the Minister of State for Works, Barr. Bello Goronyo, Esq., said the effective maintenance and further development of the road will continue to play a significant role in the nation’s development and enhancing the livelihoods of millions of Nigerians.

He said the Federal Government of Nigeria rehabilitated and upgraded the roads through the preferential credit loan from China Exim Bank.

He explained that the loan agreement provided, among other things, that upon completion, the road will be tolled, operated, and maintained by a private party, and that revenue collected from the operation shall be preferentially used for the loan repayment to the China Exim Bank.

“Consequently, the Ministry, under the previous administration in 2023, executed a 25-year toll of wages and maintained concession agreement with Messrs China Harbour Operations and Maintenance Company Limited, in partnership with Messrs Katamaran Nigeria Limited, under the Highways Development and Management Initiative Phase I,” he added.

He said the Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Makurdi road is the first among the nine corridors being concessioned under the Highways Development and Management Initiative Phase I to commence operations.

He added that the government, in the coming months, will continue with the launching and operationalisation of the remaining ones located across the six geopolitical zones of the country.

This initiative has opened a new chapter in the history of Nigeria as it gives the Federal Government the opportunity to overcome bad roads.

“Tolling concessions is a vital step towards the realization of our vision for a more efficient, sustainable, and well-maintained road transport system for our beloved country. Today, we embark on a journey to ensure that our infrastructure is preserved for the benefit of present and future operations. The collection of tolls will generate much-needed revenue for the maintenance and extension of our renewed road agenda,” he stated.

He reiterated that the initiative will promote ease of movement that bolsters the economy, creates a self-sustaining and resilient transport network, supports economic growth and job creation in the beloved North African and rural areas across the country.

He said the toll order fee for the Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Highway has been gazetted as follows: “Saloon cars would be tolled for N500, SUVs/Jeeps N800, minibuses N1,000, and multi-axle vehicles N1,600.”.

He, however, said frequent road users, like the commercial light vehicles defined under the Federal Highways Act, would enjoy a 50% discount.

He added that “pedal vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles, and other modes of two-orthree-wheel transport used by mainly disadvantaged populations would be offered a 100% discount.”

The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Emmanuel Agbadu Akabe, called for public enlightenment on the toll fees.

“We need to encourage the people. We need to get the buy-in of the people. Because the effects of this are multiple. Security is guaranteed, our vehicles will last longer, accidents will be less, the economy will develop because at these tollgates, economies will come up. Shops, sales, and all that will come up,” Akabe stated.

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So the money wey una tey reconstruct the road, Na the citizens body una wan take collect am back🤔 it's Well

Toh

Just like the friend of his Excellency bla bla bla

Clowns of Destruction End


Fuel caused tfare to increase.
Now watch tolls makes it increase even further

This is what online trolls and keypad warriors are defending? Making life more unbearable for the already impoverished citizen that thinks mostly about what to eat 24/7?


You guys defending this are evil.

See the sweetmouth excuses used to justify it too.

Agba taxer. That’s how he makes everyone in Lagos pay extreme taxes both formally and informally.

Yet he did not lay a single block of housing unit in his 8 years as governor, let’s not even talk of pipe borne water.

Pa Jakande did more than any other governor of Lagos before and after him did in just 4 years.

Oga ocean tamer na just enrich he enriched himself.

Islie:



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How much treckers 🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶go pay?

Kukuma finish us with tax!!!


Nigerians are very good in voting in terrible leaders.

Welcome to the devilish regime

that's how it's done in America according to touts,thugs and agbero union nairaland branch

This government is saying it loud that Nigerians don't deserve anything good.

So this is how they want to keep increasing cost in nigeria until everyone is tired, angry and broke

A nation of religious demons and devils

The money is not that much

merits:
How much treckers 🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶go pay?

😂😂😂Tirikay

Woowwwwwwwww

nothing concern commercial drivers
they would shift the tax burden to the passenger

OK



this is wickedness ,



some leaders just want to use every means to punish the citizens ,



the money is too much ,



you fixed the road to punish the people ,





Princess Faith Chukwu

ok

Acekidc4:
So the money wey una tey reconstruct the road, Na the citizens body una wan take collect am back🤔 it's Well

Don't worry yourself bother, nothing lasts forever.

One day they will all leave power and and you and I will hold the power. They too will pay

I trust bandits to gather there.

Tinubu treated the citizens like clients. In His mind the country owes its citizens nothing , so the citizens must pay extremely for everything.

This tribe are just demonic. At least Peter the Akpu munching gorilla won't have been this heartless

Una never see anything... APC forever and ever

Thank God the idiotic element above is avoided like a leper. Best treatment for the useless fool so far

This is broad daylight robbery

Ahh I can't wait for this white elephant coastal road to begin operations

Put head inside and pay 20k as toll

Tilumbu is working 💪

How much did it cost to construct this road? Concessioning this road for tolling for 25 years? Is that not excessive and a give away to China?
We must remember that a report came out that check points in the South East from August to December last year reportedly extorted over 100 billion naira from motorists. So imagine how much the Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi road will generate in 5 years. Possibly over a trillion naira. Did the road cost that much?

If subsidy has been removed, shouldn't the free funds be used to pay off loans collected for projects like this?

They are currently working on the Makurdi to Enugu axis with money China has made available. This will add a possible 5 tolling points. A vehicle traveling from Enugu to Jos will cross over 9 toll gates. That's absurd to say the least.

These tolling points will work 24/7. With huge volumes of cash in their possession. They will be prime targets for armed robbers.

The tax wey hungry man dey pay for this third world country pass Belgium.

Another way of exploiting Nigerians activited..!
Tax burden was in theory; the practice starts with immediate effect.

I left..!

Tinubu Regime knows how to press people neck till people begin to suffocate. Very soon, people will not be able to breathe again.

Come to think of it, most of the people, both motorist and passengers plying that road are poor people o, Kai!

Now, drivers will use this toll issue as additional advantage to overcharge the passengers.

What a wicked world!

Too high

D