Tag: Minister of Works and Housing

Lagos-Abuja superhighway to be completed in 4 yrs – Umahi

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The Federal Government has revealed that the proposed Abuja-Lagos highway will be completed in four years. Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this in a press conference on Friday. According to him, driving from Lagos to Abuja will take 4 hours on the highway. He also said the road will be made solely with concrete, adding that it is cheaper than asphalt. Earlier, Umahi had said a similar road would be constructed from Port-Harcourt to Lagos. He explained that they would be provided with state-of-the-art facilities for the comfort of…

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Work on Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway suspended over insecurity – FG

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The Federal Government has said the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway was suspended due to security threats after the March 2022 train attack. The Minister of State for Works and Housing, Hon. Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub, made the disclosure during an inspection tour of the highway leading to the Kaduna eastern by-pass. In an issued statement yesterday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Blessing Lere-Adams, El-Yakub said contrary to the speculation that the contract was abandoned, work would soon resume due to improved security on the highway. Recall that the…

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

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

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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

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

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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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