Tag: Babatunde Fashola

FEC approves N30bn augmentation for 74km Loko-Nasarawa road – Fashola

Aminu Imam

…Says it’ll reduce travel time from Abuja to Oturkpo by 3hrs 30 mins  The Federal Executive Council, (FEC) has approved N30 billion contract augmentations for the completion of the 74 kilometre Nasarawa to Loko Road, in Nasarawa State. The Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola disclosed this to State House Correspondents in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after the week’s virtual FEC meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Fashola explained that Council granted three approvals for contracts’ augmentation, all summing up to a total of N38.436 billion, for the…

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Toll gates: FG approves policy and regulations

Aminu Imam

…Releases fees to be paid by vehicle owners The Federal Government has announced that it was set to reintroduce toll collections on some selected dual carriage highways across the country. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the First Lady’s Conference room, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The government also said that diplomatic vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles, military and Para-military vehicles will be exempted from paying…

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FG set to commission link bridge connecting South-East to Cameroon

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government is set to commission the two-lane 1.5km bridge that connects South-East region to the Republic of Cameroon. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this on Monday while inspecting the newly constructed 1.5km, two-lane bridge, named Mfum bridge, in Ekot-Mfum, Etung local government area of Cross River State, on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. The minister said the construction of the new double lane bridge on the border will facilitate free trade between the two neighbouring countries. The Lagos–Mombassa trans-African highway, whose construction and…

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FEC approves N8.1bn for rehabilitation of roads in 10 States

Aminu Imam

Ø  N4.7bn for nation’s power sector The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved N8.1 billion for the rehabilitation of some roads across the country. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. Fashola listed the benefiting States to include: Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Nasarawa, Lagos, Ogun, Kogi, Edo, Yobe and Delta States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Also, the Minister…

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2023: Zoning agreement should be honoured, says Fashola

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said although the issue of zoning was more of gentlemen’s agreements, it behoves on parties who entered into such agreements to honour them.  The former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), said this while speaking to reporters covering the activities of the APC, in Abuja, yesterday.  According to him, “The Constitution decides the age at which you can contest certain offices and there is nothing in the Constitution that mentions zoning. Political parties are clubs…

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‘2nd Niger Bridge will be completed in 2022’ ? Fashola

Aminu Imam

Explains Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road construction delay  The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has reassured Nigerians that the ongoing construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge will be completed in 2022.  Fashola who gave the assurance during a town hall meeting to host communities of Anambra and Delta States, regretted that some grounds had been lost in the job occasioned by the conflicts and the coronavirus pandemic.  The minister, who spoke at a town hall meeting with host communities of Anambra and Delta states on Friday, said though some grounds…

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Housing Projects: FG owes 3,504 contractors N69.9bn – Fashola

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, yesterday lamented what he described as the huge liabilities of N69.9billion to 3,504 contractors in the Housing Sector by the Federal Government. Fashola revealed this while defending the budget of the Housing Sector of his Ministry before the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committees on Housing in Abuja.  According to the minister, while the capital allocation to the housing sector of his Ministry in the 2021 budget proposal is N76.45billion, the ministry is presently indebted to contractors to the tune…

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South-West ministers demand probe of military over Lekki shooting

Aminu Imam

Ministers from the South-West geo-political zone have demanded a thorough investigation into the Lekki toll plaza shooting incident on Tuesday, October 20, particularly the role of the military. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed these to State House correspondents yesterday, at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Buhari. The ministers, who were last October directed by the President to relocate to their home States to douse the tension created by the #EndSARS protests, made this known while presenting their…

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Bad roads: “Don’t set N/Assembly on collision course with Nigerians” – Senate warns Fashola

Aminu Imam

Says ‘figures do not lie’ The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate, has taken a swipe at the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, on his position on dilapidated Federal Government roads, saying that the Minister should not set the National Assembly on a collision course with the people who elected them. According to the Senate, it took an exception to the statement credited to the Minister of Works that the National Assembly should be held responsible for the dilapidated state of Federal roads in Benue…

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Why Nigerians are disappointed in FG – Fashola

Ishaku Yohanna

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday said Nigerians are disappointed in the present administration because they are looking for results in the wrong place. Fashola who disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television said Nigerians should note that governance is not magic and the results they promptly need can only be delivered by state and local government which are the closest to grassroots. “Governance is not magic. It is the act of the possible and our responsibility is to always project hope. Perhaps those who…

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