The federal government has expressed satisfaction that its commitment to infrastructural development is yielding positive results, accusing drivers overloading their vehicles of damaging Nigerian roads.

This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Josephine Ademu, the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation spokeswoman.

“Road abuse takes many forms such as overloading of vehicles and trucks, which accelerates pavement damage; spilling of petroleum products, which dissolves all the components and allows water to penetrate,’’ the statement quoted the science and technology minister Ogbonnaya Onu to have said.

Mr Onu expressed satisfaction at the handover of section one of the 26.27-kilometre Nnenwe-Uduma-Uburu road linking Enugu and Ebonyi. Section two of the road covering Spur to Ishiagu-Mile Two is 14 kilometres.

The minister added that the government was committed to improving road transport infrastructure to facilitate ease of doing business and create jobs.

He noted that the entire stretch of the road measuring 40.27 kilometres was a critical component of the national road network.

Mr Onu pointed out that the road had been constructed to the highest quality of design and workmanship and, if well used, would last long.

The minister urged users of the road to be mindful of practices that might lead to the degradation and abuse of the road.

According to him, the road is part of many roads to prosperity because reduced journey time means reduced expenses on travel.

(NAN)