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Roads and infrastructure

Discover roads and infrastructure and why it matters for your financial safety and decisions.

In this lesson

Roads and infrastructure is part of What Public Money Buys. This preview shows how financial-citizenship connects to everyday family decisions such as earning, saving, spending choices, goals, approvals, or parent-guided money conversations inside Progress Penguin.

Today’s money mission

The Lekki-Epe expressway tolls go to the government.

What you need to know

Roads, bridges, airports — built with tax money.

Real-life example

Real-life money moment: Think about a time when roads and infrastructure affected a money decision.

Progress Penguin connection

In Progress Penguin, complete or review one practical action connected to “Roads and infrastructure.” Use this lesson objective: Understand roads and infrastructure and apply it to real money decisions. Record what you checked, the evidence you used, and your next step.

Activity preview

Try the money challenge

Match each key term from this lesson to its definition. The trickiest pair connects to: Roads, bridges, airports — built with tax money. If a match feels wrong, reread the guided explanation and try again.

Quiz preview

Public roads are funded by:

Tax revenue
Donations only
Private companies only
Private construction companies that recover costs through tolls

The your city-Ibadan expressway renovation cost billions of local currency. Where does this money come from?

Foreign donors pay for all local roads
Private companies fund all local roads voluntarily
Toll fees from existing roads cover all new construction
Federal government budget — funded primarily by oil revenue and tax collection