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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari approved $995 million for the reconstruction of phase II of Abuja–Keffi–Akwanga–Lafia–Makurdi road. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, revealed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting held at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He said the ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration cannot fold its hands and watch the Niger Bridge, which was built in the 1950s, to collapse. Fashola stated this while inspecting ongoing repairs and maintenance works on the Niger Bridge, adding that the Federal Government was mindful of the fact ...

The NESI’s data shows that Nigeria’s power sector is losing between N1.2 billion to N1.5 billion monthly to constraints such as water, gas and transmission line. Nigeria’s power sector lost a total of N108 billion in the first quarter of 2018 from constraints that include gas supply, water, and transmission line. The sum of N108 billion has been lost to ...

“Is the valuation of land and properties across the country reflective of economic realities? This was the poser for estate surveyors and valuers at the inauguration of the reconstituted Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON)  in Abuja by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola.”- The Nation “For me, I think the most important ...

Leadership reports that the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has challenged estate surveyors to embark on open evaluation of realty for different States and reduce the hitches associated with the profession for the benefit of Nigerians. Fashola who stated this during the inauguration of the reconstituted Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) urged ...

“The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, Tuesday, inaugurated the reconstituted Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) with a charge on the Board to reconcile the disparity between the country’s land evaluation system and the current economic realities.”- Premium Times In his remarks before the brief ceremony at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, Mr. Fashola ...

According to Premium Times, Power, Works and Housing ministry has created 193, 469 jobs, with 40,429 direct and 153,040 indirect jobs, within the two years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the minister, Babatunde Fashola, said Tuesday. Speaking in Abuja at a town hall meeting to celebrate the mid-term of President Buhari’s implementation of the economy recovery and road plan, Mr. ...

“The Nigerian government is set to employ 47,000 people in its drive to fix roads across the country, an official has said.”- Premium Times The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this disclosure at a stakeholder’s meeting organised by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, on Thursday in Abuja. Mr. Fashola noted that ...

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 ...

Life is becoming unbearable for motorist plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as a result of the ongoing rehabilitation and reconstruction work on the road. However the Federal Government seems to be sensitive to their plight.  Following attendant gridlock as rehabilitation and reconstruction work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway progresses, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing has appealed to motorists to bear ...