7-10financial-citizenship

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.

Think about this money choice

The Lekki-Epe expressway tolls go to the government.

How it works

Roads, bridges, airports — built with tax money.

Try a real-life example

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

Activity preview

Try the challenge

Use what you learned to complete this short challenge.

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