Senate urges Nigerian gov't to repair federal roads, address increase in airfares The Senate has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to urgently declare a state of emergency on the nation’s federal roads. The upper chamber, also urged the federal government to immediately make good its indebtedness to the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA). The Senate said this was to enable the agency carry out its primary responsibility of rehabilitating federal roads, especially in the face of the astronomical increase in airfares. The resolutions followed a Point of Order raised by Gershom...