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 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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Former governor of Lagos State and minister of works, power and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has denied allegations that his ministry is frustrating Akinwunmi Ambode, his successor as governor of Lagos. Ambode had alleged that the state’s attempt to take over the presidential lodge in Lagos after President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval has been stalled by the […]
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has accused the Federal Ministry of works headed by his predecessor, Raji Fashola of frustrating his government’s plan to rebuild the Oshodi – Murtala Muhammed Airport Road. It was an accusation least expected, because Fashola as governor of Lagos also complained that the Federal Government refused to hand over the road to the state. The […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingFollowing a recent order by the minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, to shut down the Apapa-Ijora bridge so as to carry out repairs on the structure, federal government has commenced repair works on the defective bridge. According to Hakeem Bello, media adviser to Babatunde Fashola, the minister disclosed that the ever-busy bridge had […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday ordered the immediate closure of the damaged Apapa bridge for emergency maintenance work to begin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 40-year-old bridge links Nigeria’s premier port to both the Lagos Mainland and Island. Addressing a stakeholder’s meeting in Lagos, […]
Continue ReadingIn interview with Stephen Sackur, on BBC’s HardTalk, Nigeria’s minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, says corruption is a symptom of lack of law and order, stating that he would focus on these rather than corruption.Mr. Fashola emphasised that there is no corruption-free country in the world, but lack of law enforcement makes […]
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