Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- Payment of access fee otherwise known as toll by road users is a global practice that also has a long history in Nigeria. Before former President Olusegun Obasanjo stopped tolling of federal highways and demolished the toll gates in 2003, motorists paid a token for using some of the federal roads. Even after the federal government stopped tolling 22 years ago, some states and federal agencies still collect tolls for road usage. For example, there is collection of tolls at the Lekki area of Lagos (That is where the controversial #EndSARS protest took place in Lagos in October 2020). Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria better known as FAAN also collect toll from motorists using the airport road.

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