FORMER Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has challenged the notion of labelling the legislature as a ‘rubber stamp’, calling it an unfair characterization. Fashola, on Friday, explained that political parties seek a majority in the legislature to efficiently implement their agendas. Speaking at a Nigeria Air Force event …
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I Don’t Need Title To Serve In Tinubu’s Administration — Ex-Lagos Governor, Fashola
FORMER Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) says he does not need a title to serve in the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, which in his view, is birthing the next generation of leaders. Fashola, a close aide of Tinubu, said this in an interview with the News …
Read More »Tinubu’s Government To Inaugurate Lagos-Ibadan Road – Fashola
The incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will inaugurate the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola has said. Fashola, who dropped the hint during an extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday, the opening of the reconstructed dual-carriage highway will now be done on June 30. …
Read More »Ex-Lagos Governor, Fashola Opens Up On Tinubu’s Alleged Dual Citizenship
MINISTER of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has bared his mind on the raging controversy over alleged dual citizenship status of President-elect, Bola Tinubu. PlatinumPost reports that Tinubu’s alleged Guinean diplomatic passport surfaced on the social media on Saturday, sending some internet users into a frenzy, even as they accused …
Read More »Flood Affected 154 Roads, Bridges – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has revealed the extent of damage that the current flooding has inflicted on roads and bridges in the country. The Minister stated this when he appeared on TVC’s programme, Journalist Hangout, monitored by our correspondent on Sunday. He disclosed that over 154 roads …
Read More »Nigeria floods: FG To Deploy National Coordinated Approach – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing has said that the federal government is set to deploy a national coordinated approach involving all arms and levels of government in addressing the ravaging flood in the country. Fashola disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the inaugural edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s …
Read More »States Could Lose Road Projects Over Unreasonable Demands For Compensation – Fashola
The Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said states stand the risk of losing federal road projects over unreasonable demands for compensation by some communities on the road corridor. Fashola explained that it was the responsibility of the various state governments to settle such issues once land was …
Read More »Nigerians Will Vote APC In 2023, We Have Done Well – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, says he’s optimistic that Nigerians will vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election. Speaking when he featured on Sunday Politics, a Channels TV programme, Fashola said the ruling party has done well in troubled times and sensible Nigerians …
Read More »We’ve Received Over 12,000 Applications For National Housing Scheme – FG
The federal government has disclosed that more than 12,000 applicants have shown interest in the national housing programme. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, made the disclosure on Wednesday at the official handing over of keys to beneficiaries of the housing programme in Osogbo. Fashola, who was represented by …
Read More »FG: Lagos-Ibadan Highway To Be Inaugurated In June
The federal government has stated that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway will be commissioned next month. This was stated on Thursday by Mu’azu Sambo, minister of state for works and housing in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York. Sambo added that the Second Niger Bridge will be …
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