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Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday opposed a proposed law seeking roads rehabilitation of one per cent from Consolidated Revenue Fund to Federal Roads Maintenance Agency. Fashola expressed the objection at a public hearing on two Bills seeking to restructure FERMA and increase its funding. The session was organised by House of Representatives Committee on FERMA. ...

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 Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola has said the Construction Companies are to re-engage 17,500 workers laid off the sector in the last three years over huge debts owed to them Fashola made this known on a television programme, Good Morning Nigeria, a Nigerian Television Authority programme in Abuja yesterday According to the Minister, “41 ...

The Federal Government has promised to make about 2,000 kilometres of road network motorable. in 2016. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this while answering questions at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Wednesday, May 18. Fashola said that the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is focusing on completing all strategic roads that demand urgent attention ...

The Minister of ‎Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN has appealed to communities and State governments to take ownership of Federal infrastructure facilities in their localities. The Minister said it was important to prevent disputes or acts of sabotage that could be detrimental to delivery of such projects‎ to the people. The Minister made the call at various ...

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 ...