NIGERIA – The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, has asked the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and other relevant agencies to immediately implement recommendations to overhaul the grid. Adelabu spoke on Thursday, according to a statement by Bolaji Tunji, special adviser to the minister of power on strategic communications and media. On October 22, the […]
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Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said the Buhari Government has fulfilled its promise of power supply through generation of additional electricity to Nigerians since 2015. Fashola spoke at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Fashola, who presented his third year progress report said federal government at inception of the current […]
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The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Raji Fashola, has said the collapsed bridge on Mokwa-Jebba road will be repaired within 72 hours. Fashola told newsmen in Zaria, Kaduna State, shortly after he paid homage to the Emir of Zazzau, Dr Shehu Idris in his palace on Sunday. He explained that the ministry had deployed […]
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The minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has written to deny allegations of financial impropriety made against him by Senator Dino Melaye. The Senator representing Kogi West, has alleged that the power ministry diverted $35 million to the Afam fast power project without the approval of the national assembly. He also said a sum […]
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The house of representatives has asked Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, to appear before an ad hoc committee chaired by Aliyu Madaki, a lawmaker from Kano state, over what is described as a breach of parliamentary privilege and public incitement. The resolution of the house followed a motion sponsored by Sadiq Ibrahim, […]
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Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing said on Thursday that 340 megawatts of electricity would be added to the national grid on or before December. Mr. Fashola said this during his inspection tour of Afam Power Plant in Oyibo local government area of Rivers as part of Federal Government Power Sector Recovery […]
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and his predecessor Babatunde Raji Fashola, have put aside their recent public spat and are on talking terms again for the good of Lagos. Fashola, who is now the minister of power, works and housing said the Federal Government was ready to support states to generate `captive power’ as a permanent solution […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a payment guarantee assurance by the CBN for power generating companies (GENCOS) to solve liquidity problems in the energy sector. The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, who announced this to State House Correspondents, said the CBN would hold N701 billion for regular payment […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says insufficient supply of gas and pipeline sabotage by Niger Delta militants have made it difficult to fuel power plants, bringing about poor supply of electricity to Nigerians. The minister made this disclosure on Wednesday while speaking to state house reporters after the federal executive council meeting. He said: “We […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government on Saturday opened the Apapa Bridge to light traffic as the emergency repair works being carried out on it reached “milestone”.A statement signed by Mr Hakeem Bello, Special Adviser, Communications, to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said that the bridge was re-opened on Saturday evening. Fashola said […]
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