Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Femi Bamisile has refuted claims that a bill before the National Assembly was targeted at scrapping the agency. Bamisile, who represents Ekiti South Federal Constituency II, said the bill, which had passed through the second reading at the Senate, was intended to strengthen FERMA and make more financially independent to discharge its duty. His words: “The Senate won’t scrap FERMA. We realised that they want to remove the agency from the Ministry of Works to make it truly independent to enable it to serve the people better. “Although FERMA is for the entire, I will ensure that Ekiti is not shortchanged.

Source: The Guardian December 24, 2019 04:30 UTC