The Federal Government has consummated a tripartite agreement with the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD) to commit $575 million for the construction of rural roads across 13 states in the country.
Cumulatively, a total of 53, 730 kilometres (km) of rural roads would be constructed before the project, which became effective March last year, would terminate in 2026.
Speaking at the close of a two-week Third Implementation Support Review Mission meeting in Abuja at the weekend, the National Coordinator of the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Aminu Bodinga Muhammed, said but one of the 13 states participating was yet to receive the take-off disbursement.
“The initial target of this special rural road intervention is to construct a total number of 5921, summing up to 53,730km to return prosperity to farmers across strata and gender with youth and women being primary targets.