Nigeria, Jan. 27 -- The federal government has approved N204 million for the design and deployment of a web-based management systems for highway.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the contract for N203,845,332.50 during its 31st meeting on Wednesday.

The technology will help provide efficiency on the project and improve service delivery.

He said some federal roads are so long that they require five contractors during construction, saying the deployment of ICT will help monitor ongoing projects.

"This is an information and communication technology device being procured by the ministry in order to improve its capacity to monitor not only contract performance, but also...