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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has called on Nigerians to be patient with contractors handling federal road projects over inconveniences caused by the on-going projects. Fashola made the appeal in Kano on Sunday while he was inspecting Federal Government road projects in Kano State. The projects inspected by the minister were the expansion of Kano-Katsina ...

All contractors working on the construction of federal road projects across the country have been paid, the Federal Government has said. According to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, none of the contractors working for the Federal government is being owed and as a result of this, none of them should delay construction and rehabilitation works on ...

Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Works on Tuesday put the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on the spot, demanding details on the nature of concession agreement on the Second Niger Bridge and the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Grilling the Minister in a question and answer session that last for two hours, the lawmakers were taken through ...

The Federal Ministry of power, Works and Housing has confirmed that the nation’s power National Grid has collapsed. In a statement issued around 12:44am on Wednesday, the ministry said a fire incident at the Escravos Lagos Pipeline System near Okada, Edo State, on Tuesday caused the national transmission grid to trip off. “It is regrettable that after a sustained period ...

“The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that it will not stop any state government from developing its own power projects to support improvement in power supply.”- Daily Post The Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, made this known at a meeting of the National Council on Power (NACOP) in Jos. Fashola during the meeting called on ...

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Raji Fashola, has signed all the pending 615 applications for land transactions, mortgages, assignments and debentures. This is as a result of the delegation of authority to issue consent for land transactions. The Minister disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Tuesday adding that the letters were already being issued to the applicants. “Just ...

“In a keynote address at the International Conference Centre, venue of the three-day event, Fashola explained the concept of Housing Economy to mean “an economy that delivers on a continuous basis at every spectrum of the value chain”, starting from the construction sites. The 11th Abuja International Housing Show kicked off in the Federal Capital Territory Monday with the Minister ...

“The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said the Nigerian government would not use imported materials in its housing schemes.”- Premium Times Mr. Fashola said this at the Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT, Conference, held at the Exchange House in Lagos on Tuesday. Represented by a former finance commissioner in Lagos State, Ayo Gbeleyi, the minister ...

“The Minister of Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola Thursday challenged the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) to end incessant building collapse in the country. Fashola said during the council’s 15th induction ceremony, held in Abuja that the situation had reached an embarrassing proportion, thus needed a complete overhaul. He stated that since the Council was vested with ...

Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has said that Nigeria needs 17 million houses to meet its housing deficit. “Speaking during the commissioning of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria and Sea Mountain 133 Housing Estate in Minna, Niger State, the minister said: “The ministry will continue to strive to ensure that the challenge of housing deficit, ...