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Some residents of Lagos State have lauded the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, for improved power supply. The residents gave their commendation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. According to NAN, a resident of Abesan Estate, Ipaja, Mr. Bola Ogun, ...

The Federal Government, on Sunday, announced plans to shut indefinitely the collapsing Ijora-Apapa Bridge to traffic for palliative work to be carried out from today, saying the measure became necessary in order to save lives and property. The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who made the remark at a stakeholders’ consultative meeting on the defective bridge ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has warned building regulatory agencies that the Federal Government will not condone collapse of buildings under its mass housing project scheduled to commence soon. Fashola said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 6th Annual Building and Construction Economic Roundtable organised by the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria with the ...

Minister of Power , Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, Friday , said the contractors handling Federal Government roads across the country abandoned the roads because they were not paid by the previous administration in the last three years. Fashola who spoke at the commissioning ceremony of the 24 km Itori-Ibese concrete road constructed by AG-Dangote in Ewekoro local ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says Nigeria needs emergency action to guarantee a rapid turnaround of the deplorable road network in the country. Mr. Fashola stated this while speaking with journalists during the assessment of the deplorable condition of the 96-kilometre Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa road on Tuesday evening. Mr. Fashola also called for an amendment of the procurement ...

With the country facing a massive need for the provision of infrastructure across the country, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has elected to spend a whooping 62% of his budget on road projects. Fashola had earlier come up with a total of N433billion as his budget for the mega ministry he heads. He drew up a ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has said that Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is among the projects that will be completed in the next two years. He said this while addressing joint session of the House of Representatives Committees on Works, Power and Housing in Abuja, adding that the government would also complete the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said the pension funds cannot be used as like money. He said that time has come for Nigeria to look into how it can harness the money in its contributory pension funds given the falling oil prices and dwindling revenue. He said it was regrettable that given the growing ...

The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Lagos State branch, has lent its support on the planned reintroduction of toll gates. Its Chairman, Samuel Ukpong said it was a right decision but noted that for it to be successful, stakeholders must be carried along. Ukpong, who spoke on the sideline of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institution ...

The merger of three key ministries of Power, Works and Housing into one, is a disservice to the nation. This view was canvassed by Lagos-based estate surveyors and valuers who also faulted the non-appointment of one of their own as the Minister of Housing in view of the fact that they are best qualified and positioned to man the ministry. ...