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“Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, in this interview with select journalists in Maiduguri after a three-day tour of ongoing projects in the North-East zone, explains his vision of reconnecting Nigeria by roads, power and housing.  Honourable Minister, how would you react to the common notion that all Nigerian roads are bad? Well, I think that ...

There have been several cases of fraudulent practices in the real estate sector, especially in the aspect that involves securing accommodation or finding a place to rent. This has focused the searchlight on real estate agents. In fact the honest ones or professionals amongst them are not taken seriously by some members of the public who have experienced their fair ...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode will perform the official opening of the Novare Lekki mall in Lagos, on Thursday, August 25, 2016. Interestingly, the Foundation Stone laying ceremony of the Novare Lekki Mall was done by the Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji-Fashola, while he served as the Governor of Lagos State in October 2014. According to the ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said that the federal government plans to undertake a comprehensive geographical survey of Nigeria’s landed resources to determine their value and components for future economic development plans. He also said the government will embark on another round of housing survey in the country to determine who it should ...

In 2010, the Lagos state government established Lagos Home Owners Mortgage Scheme popularly called Lagos HOMS to reduce the housing deficit of a state whose population stands at over 21 million. This article analysis the some of the pains and a whole lot of the gains of the scheme 6 years after the idea was conceived. Housing deficit and challenges ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has appealed to the Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, to urgently turn his attention to the Port Harcourt-Enugu Express Road, which it said has become a death trap and a disgrace to Nigeria. The party noted that while the importance of power in creating a strong economy ...

Mr. Shehu Mallam Mikail has said that “ Merging ministries of works/housing with power, which requires enormous work, investments, supervision and regulation to enhance electricity generation would not allow for efficiency in the system. This type of merger would pave the way for conflict and contradiction in administrative procedures.” He said this in a chat with Sunday Vanguard in Lagos, ...

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris has asserted that the objective of the state government’s large scale infrastructural development in the health sector was necessitated essentially by the need to enhance the efficiency of the health workforce as well as increasing the scope and quality of service delivery in the health facilities. Idris who spoke Wednesday in Lagos ...

The governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has vowed to cancel the controversial Lekki-Epe toll gate, if elected into office come February 14. According to him, this is because the toll gate is untenable as it is standing on an existing road. Agbaje disclosed that the Lekki Phase 1 inner bridge would remain ...

The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday condoled with the victims of the fire outbreak at the Balogun Market on the Lagos Island, promising to rebuild the structures. Fashola, who spoke during a visit to the market, said he was happy that no life was lost in the incident. Before his arrival, governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress, ...