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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday said that the investments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Nigeria’s road, housing and power sectors would soon come to full fruition, thus urging Nigerians to give the administration some more time for that to happen. Speaking to reporters at a press briefing in Abuja, Fashola who ...

The Federal Government has approved the construction of 35km concrete road by Dangote constructions, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, from Tincan to toll gate in Lagos State. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this during a special townhall meeting on infrastructure organized by the Ministry of Information and Culture in Ibadan, Oyo State. The minister, who noted ...

The Petrol Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has commended the Minister of Works, Power, and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, on improvement in infrastructure development across the country. They attested that effort put in is a sheer demonstration of the Ministry’s commitment, determination, vision, foresight, and political will to impact on ...

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has appealed to the Minister for Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to reconstruct the road that links Ibadan, Iwo and Osogbo. Oba Akanbi made the appeal in his palace yesterday while commemorating the Sallah festivity. He decried the pains the road users pass through on a daily basis, along the road, ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has called on state governors to support access to electricity through improved power infrastructure in their states. Speaking at the opening session of NACOP, the minister said, “It is no longer news that the Distribution Companies (DisCos) are having difficulty funding distribution infrastructures. “Therefore, as collective 40 per cent shareholders, ...

Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, recently urged landlords in the country to start collecting rents in arrears, beginning from July 6, 2018. While making a presentation at an event for real estate operators in Abuja, on the topic, “Innovative housing finance model as a catalyst for home ownership,” Fashola noted that property owners across ...

Nigeria currently has 17 million housing deficit and would require building one million housing units yearly to bridge the gap in 20 years Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and the Minister of Power, Work and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, will be leading other international experts, chief executives of real estate companies and mortgage institutions to seek solutions to ...

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of funds recovered from looters under the 2018 federal budget. He made the announcement at the Herbert Macaulay Memorial Lecture organised by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, yesterday. The Minister also disclosed that the President had approved N120 billion from the funds ...

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, yesterday, inaugurated 45 members into the board of the Architects Registration Council (ARCON). Fashola, who performed the inauguration in Abuja, tasked members of the reconstituted council to help fulfill President Muhammadu Buhari’s mandate to the people. According to him, Buhari is in need of men and women of good fate ...

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Raji Fashola, says the collapsed bridge on Mokwa-Jebba road will be back in use within 72 hours. Fashola told newsmen in Zaria, Kaduna State, shortly after he paid homage to the Emir of Zazzau, Dr. Shehu Idris in his palace on Sunday. The Minister had, before visiting the emir, inaugurated a new 60MVA/132/KV ...