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Nearly two years after the Minister for Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola announced the re-introduction of toll plazas on federal roads, the Federal Government has now approved a toll payment plan across the country.
The ministry revealed that the payment plan is part of a Federal Roads and Bridges Tolling Policy and Regulations approved by the Federal Government.
The policy exempts toll for diplomatic, military, para-military vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles.
The Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, shared that the regulations were developed after extensive consultations with various stakeholders within and outside the government, including transport unions like National Union of Road Transport Workers, Road Transport Employers’ Association Of Nigeria, amongst others.
He listed the recommended tolling fees in the approved policy and regulations to include “Cars: N200; SUVs: N300; Private Buses: N300; Commercial Buses: N150; Luxury Buses and Trucks: N500”.
The statement titled, ‘Nigeria Cabinet approves Federal Tolling Policy and Regulations’ also said “fees at existing tolled roads (Lagos and Abuja Airport Toll Plazas, and the Lekki and Ikoyi Toll Plazas) were taken into consideration” in reaching the new recommended pricing.
The statement listed 10 highlights of the new Federal Tolling Policy. Here are a few highlighted policies:
” Let me be clear, tolls are not going to start tomorrow. So let us be clear about that”, he said in a briefing at the presidential villa.
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