The federal government has commenced the tolling on some selected expressways.
The development, which is staging a comeback started yesterday with Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Highway.
The 227.2-kilometer road, which was rehabilitated through a Preferential Credit Loan from the China Exim Bank, is among the nine expressways the government earmarked for tolling.
Other roads listed for tolling include the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano Road and Makurdi-9th Mile Road.
Works Minister David Umahi, who flagged off the tolling, said the toll order for the roads has been gazetted.
According to him, saloon cars will pay N500; sports utility vehicles/jeeps, N800; minibuses N1,000 and multi-axle (articulated) vehicles, N1,600.
Frequent road users like commercial light vehicles, as defined under the Federal Highway Act, will enjoy a 50 per cent discount, while authorised bicycles, pedal cycles, tricycles, motorcycles and other modes of two or three-wheeled transport used by mainly disadvantaged populations will be offered a 100 per cent discount.
