Former minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for the “strides recorded so far”. According to Channels Television the former minister described the achievement of this government as one of a kind, saying perhaps only a few or no other government has recorded such feat. Fashola was quoted as […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N169.74 billion for award of contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of 10 roads across the country. Mr Hakeem Bello, the Special Adviser to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing on Communication disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said that the projects are […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babajide Raji Fashola, has disclosed that over 50,000 Nigerians are now engaged in 77 works and 50 housing construction sites across the country while only 277 foreigners are working in the sites. According to him, the figures are contained in the ‘Inception Report’ the Ministry of Works, […]
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Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state, says under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the state did not benefit a kilometer of road from the federal government in 16 years. Akpabio served his two terms as governor under the PDP and had been a key member of the opposition party since 1999 until he […]
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The Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has again fired shots at ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, saying the $3 billion allegedly frittered away through the strategic alliance contracts between the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) Ltd and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts (AEDC) Ltd, could have been used in constructing seven major roads. The alliance contracts are […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared that his administration has fulfilled the promise it made in May 2015 as regards developing road infrastructure. The president, however, stated that the government would continue to work on the country’s road network and stressed that his administration had raised the country’s budgetary commitment for capital projects from 15 […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, has approved 6.7billion dollars for the construction of Ibadan-Kaduna standard gauge railway project. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council where the approval was granted. Amaechi said the project was part of the Ibadan to Kano railway project. ”The Council approved […]
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