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Cross River Tells FG To Hand Over Federal Roads To States For Proper Management
Cross River State Government has called on the Federal Government to relinquish ownership of federal roads to states for more effective management and accountability.
Chairman of the Cross River State Planning Commission, Dr. Bong Duke, made the call while speaking at a one-day public lecture on People Governance Policy, where he delivered a paper titled “Recalibrating the Compass of Development in Nigeria.”
Duke lamented the poor state of many federal highways across the country, noting that agencies responsible for their maintenance have failed to rehabilitate them for years.
He argued that since residents of various states are the primary users of these roads, it makes more sense for state governments to oversee their upkeep.
“I personally do not support the ideology of ‘federal roads,’” he said.
“It is not federal officials or politicians who use these roads daily, but the people within the states.
“Cross River State government is already intervening in maintaining them for the sake of our citizens,” he added.
He stressed that allowing states to manage the roads would make them more accountable to their people.
“Every road should be under state control so that citizens can hold their governors responsible.
“It’s unrealistic to expect road users to go to Abuja to hold the Minister of Works accountable,” he said.
According to Duke, most rural dwellers cannot distinguish between federal and state roads but often blame state governments for bad roads, even when the responsibility lies with the federal authorities.
“For this reason,” he added, “the Federal Government should transfer management of these roads to the states, along with the resources allocated for their maintenance.”
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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