Tag: fashola
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2023: Fashola begs APC leaders to respect agreement on zoning; boasts PDP can’t unseat party
Ahead the 2023 general elections, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has strongly advised the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to respect and honour agreement reached at the formative stage of the party. He also said that the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lacks the strength of taking…
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FG owing 3,504 contractors N69.9bn for housing projects- Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the ministry is owing 3,504 contractors handling its various housing projects about N69.9 billion. He stated this when he appeared before the Joint National Assembly Committee on Housing on Thursday in Abuja, to defend his ministry’s 2021 budget estimates. Although N76.4 billion was allocated to the…
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu presents 2021 Budget, to abolish pension for Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, others
The Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday presented the presented budget estimates of N1.155 trillion to the State House of Assembly for approval for the 2021 fiscal year. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on Monday, said, “The budget session is expected to focus on advancing the T.H.E.M.E.S.…
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Wike yet to receive FG’s N78bn projects refund – Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Saturday said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has not yet received the N78 billion it spent on federal roads in the state from the Federal Government. Fashola, who spoke at the commissioning of Rebisi Flyover in Rivers also clarified that the rumour that former Governor and…
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Days after shootings, Fashola discovers hidden camera at Lekki toll gate
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday, found a camera at the scene of the shooting in the Lekki area of Lagos state. Fashola found the device while on tour of the place where #EndSARS protesters demonstrated for 13 days before they were forcefully dispersed. On Tuesday, men in army uniform invaded the…
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Repairs: Fashola orders re-opening of Eko, Marine Bridges Monday
After concluding urgent repair works on Eko and Marine Bridges in Lagos, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has directed that both bridges be reopened to traffic on Monday. The approval for the reopening of the completed First Phase of the repairs on the Bridges by midnight on Sunday 18th of October,…
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Police file criminal charges against ex-Imo gov for using Fashola’s name for fraud
The Office of the Inspector-General of Police has filed criminal charges against former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim for using the name of Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. The Nigeria Police Force filed the criminal charge against the former governor, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,…
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Why Nigerians are disappointed in Buhari-led Federal Government – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday explained why Nigerians seem dissapointed in the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government. The formal Lagos governor said Nigerians are disappointed in the present administration because they are misplacing the functions of government at different levels. While he said some expected “magic results”, the…
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I received, turned down 17 honourary degree offers as Lagos governor – Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has revealed how he turned down 17 honorary degrees from Nigerian universities. Fashola said the various institutions came to offer him honorary degrees when he was governor of Lagos State for eight years. Fashola, who spoke when the Committee of Vice Chancellors/Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities…
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FG intervenes in 37 bridges across Nigeria – Fashola
The Federal Government says it has intervened in the maintenance and rehabilitation of 37 bridges across the country including the Third Mainland Bridge. Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, disclosed this at a news conference to update citizens on the forthcoming partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. According to him,…