Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has cried out to Nigerians.

He said; “My comment on the state of roads across the country was taken out of context.”

“Let me start from the journey by roads to the 36 states, 12 hours everyday, so I know what I saw, and I also said what I wanted to say in that press conference, and thankfully, I must thank your TV Channels, at least, showing the maturity and the professionalism responsibility to play the whole tape, so people can see the context of what I said.”

“I didn’t use the word ‘exaggerated’, I didn’t say that. Please go and listen to what I said, thank you.”

“The federal government will not refund any state that rehabilitates or reconstructs federal roads. The bill for road refund from state governments is on the high side, amounting to N500b.”