The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said Nigeria is investing massively in road construction, public housing and other infrastructure as part of measures to take the country out of recession. He said fund had been released for the payment of debts owed contractors, noting that this had led to the return of most of […]
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The Federal Government said it has paid about N700 billion out of the N2.1 trillion liabilities for the construction of 206 road projects across the country, according to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Although the minister was not specific if it was the present government that paid the sum, he, however, […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government is committed to completing the second Niger Bridge and Zik’s Mausoleum. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Fashola gave the assurance on Monday when he visited Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra, to inspect the progress of work on the second […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has denied ever saying as the then Governor of Lagos State that if given a chance, he could fix the problem of electricity in Nigeria within six months. Fashola, who was speaking during a programme on the Nigerian Television Authority Network on Tuesday, which […]
Read More The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has asked Nigerians to take the issue of climate change seriously. Fashola also suggested how to address the issue while speaking on “Urban design and climate change” at the first Nigeria Urban Design Forum on Thursday. The forum was conveyed by a former Lagos State […]
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Power distribution companies have said that the Federal Government should consider selling part of its 40 per cent stake in the various Discos in order to help raise the needed liquidity in the sector. In a reply to comments made by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, investors in the Discos stated […]
Read More The Federal Government will require about N2trn to complete no fewer than 226 ongoing road projects across the country. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure in Lagos at a town hall meeting to brief the public on the activities of the government in the last 11 months. He, however, […]
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Fani-Kayode, in an article on Friday, alleged that former governors Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi, funded President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign. Fani-Kayode, who is a former Minister of Aviation, said this in an article titled, ‘The Money Transfers and the Truth about the Presidential Campaign Funds’, which he wrote […]
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[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]he frequent industrial action by workers in the electricity supply industry has resulted in the loss of about N7.734bn between 2014 and 2016, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Fashola disclosed this at the third triennial delegates’ conference of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies in Abuja […]
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[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]he Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), says the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, made the impossible happen by ensuring that for the first time in Nigeria’s history, opposition parties successfully merged. According to Punchng, Fashola said this in a video tribute to commemorate Tinubu’s 64th […]
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SENATE yesterday told the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to stop the 45 per cent tariff increase being implemented by electricity distribution companies. This followed a deadlock in discussions between the Senate leadership on the one hand and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and his counterpart in the Labour and Employment ministry, […]
Read More THE Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday urged the Senate Committee on Works not to change the ministry’s plans as presented in the 2016 budget proposals. He spoke when he led a delegation to continue its budget defence. The minister, in his presentation of the main thrust of the Medium Term Sector […]
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