A Statistics by a Federal Government agency, Rural Road Access and Mobility Project, has revealed that 85 per cent of Nigerians roads are in bad condition.

Only about 15 per cent of more than 16,000 kilometers of secondary and tertiary roads in the country were motorable while the local government roads were worst hit as about 70 per cent of local government were roads impassable.

Out of over 160,000 kilometre of secondary and tertiary roads in Nigeria, with an average registered network of 4,000 kilometres per state, only about 10 to 15 per cent is paved.“While a large proportion of this network remains in poor or very poor conditions, with only 15 per cent of federal roads in good conditions, it is sad to note that rural roads that are statutorily referred to as local government roads which constitute about 132,000 kilometres (67.7 per cent) of the entire road networks in Nigeria are the worst hit by this state of disrepair.”

This bad roads has several negative effect on agriculture as about 20 per cent of total agriculture production never reached the market due to bad roads.

This roads are generally in poor condition, leading to loss of several lives in road accidents, causing damages to vehicles, and contributing to hazardous traffic conditions in spite of the huge resources channeled toward road constructions , yet the deplorable conditions of most Nigerian roads still persist.

How Long will Nigerians continue with this Situation.