Contractors in Kogi have been asked to suspend work on road projects across the state to allow for free flow of traffic before and during the Yuletide.
According to the Federal Controller of Works in Kogi, Jimoh Kajogbola, the directive came from the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola.
The contractors are to stop work from the second week in December and resume in January 2022.
The controller added that the directive was to ease the suffering of travellers as they travel to celebrate Christmas and New Year.
He said that several proactive steps, including the stoppage of work by contractors, had been taken to forestall the usual gridlocks on the expressway during the period.
Mr Kajogbola said letters on the stoppage of work had been issued to contractors handling road construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation, as well as special and emergency repairs across the state.
On the Lokoja-Ganaja road project, the controller said that all the contractors engaged to undertake the emergency repairs had been issued letters to stop work in the second week of December.