Tag: Fashola

Shettima, Fashola condemn calls for parliamentary system

Aminu Imam
Shettima Fashola

Vice-President, Kashim Shettima and former Lagos state governor, Raji Fashola, says the call for parliamentary system of Government, as championed in some quarters, may not be the way out of perceived unjust distribution of commonwealth and infrastructure in the country. Speaking at the 30th anniversary of Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN) Ghalib Chambers in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, they both said that only quality governance would shape the society not the system of government. However, they advised those calling for the return of the country to a parliamentary system of…

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FEC approves N84bn for FCT, Oyo Ogbomoso roads, Loko-Oweto Bridge

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N84 billion for the construction of a road linking Shehu Yaradua Way with the Kubwa Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, OyoOgbomoso and the Loko Oweto Bridge. The Council meeting also approved N9billion variation for the reconstruction of Loko-Oweto bridge as well as the completion of Oyo to Ogbomosho highway road project The Ministers of the FCT, Muhammad Bello and Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, confirmed the approvals of the projects at the end of the Council meeting, which was presided over…

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Buhari names railway stations after Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fashola, Saraki, others

Ishaku Yohanna

The President Muhammadu Buhari has named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after deserving citizens. According to the President, this deserving Nigerians contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large. In a statement by the Ministry of Transportation on Monday titled, Buhari Names Railway Stations After Prominent Nigerians, the ministrys Director of Press, Eric Ojiekwe, said, for the Lagos-Ibadan with extension to the Lagos Port Complex at Apapa railway station, the beneficiaries are Bola Ahmed Tinubu ( Apapa station), Mobolaji…

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