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The Minister for Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, last weekend inspected Federal Government’s on-going projects in the South-East geopolitical zone, starting from Abia, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi to Anambra states. Arriving at the Enugu border with Abia State, after his departure from Imo State, the Minister rode through one flank of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, stopping at the CGC ...

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has warned state governments against intervention on federal roads without due approval by the Federal Government. Fashola gave the warning while inspecting ongoing federal projects in the Southeast on Saturday in Abakiliki, the Ebonyi State capital. He said the warning became necessary following the huge debts inherited by the Federal Government, even ...

The Minister of Work, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed that the 15-kilometre Abakpa junction to 9th Mile corner, Ngwo has remained tattered because the previous contractor that handled the section of the road lacked expertise on how to execute the job and finally abandoned it. The minister also stated that federal government has concluded plans to intervene ...

History was made in Enugu State at the weekend as Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi inaugurated one of the five new ultra-modern fire service stations being constructed by his administration across the three senatorial districts after 56 years such projects were built in the state. Government records indicate the last time three fire service stations located at Ogui, Enugu North Local Government ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, says the National Housing Programme initiated by the Federal Government has yielded its first expected result of creating employment for youths. Fashola said this on Friday in Owerri during an inspection of the National Housing Programme site in Imo State. He said that the programme was initiated as part of ...

The federal government of Nigerian has pledged to provide affordable houses via mortgage so that people can pay for it throughout their working life. The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who stated this on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, said part of the change agenda of the ruling All Progressive Congress is that “Nigerians would no longer have ...

The Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, stated that so far, the federal government has spent about N260 billion out of the N300 billion it budgeted for Nigeria’s road projects. Speaking at the fourth quadrennial delegates conference of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) ...

Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power Works and Housing, has commended Gov Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa for commitment in completing several road projects he inherited from past administration in the state. Fashola gave the commendation after inspecting the ongoing rehabilitation of the 70-kilometer Hadejai-Kirikasamma-Nguru road in Jigawa. Reports show that the first phase, which covered 34 kilometres had been ...

The minister of works, power and housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has given contractors ultimatum to complete the federal road projects in Yakubu Dogara, the House of Representatives Speaker’s hometown. Fashola gave the ultimatum order that they should complete all the projects before ending of May 2019 while on inspection tour to Bogoro LGA of Bauchi state. He said the APC administration ...

The minister of works, power and housing, Babatunde Fashola, rejected some projects in Kebbi. He stated that the federal government will not accept the projects until they are done in compliance with the contractual agreement. One of the contractors promised to effect the corrections noted by the minister and deliver the projects on time The minister of works, power and ...