By Haruna Salami Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has again lamented funding challenges facing his ministry in the 2023 budget proposal before the National Assembly. While defending the budget of the ministry before the Senate Committee on Works and Housing said “insufficient budgetary provisions which is self-evidence in what you have seen and […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has slammed a N2 billion defamation suit against the Chief Executive Officer of Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Ltd., Leno Adesanya. In a statement of claim before an FCT High Court presided over by Justice Sylvester Oriji, the minister accused Adesanya and two national dailies of making false […]
Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has written to the Attorney-General of Ogun State requesting him to take over a criminal case of damage to three flyover bridges along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway against one Folarin Temitope. In a statement signed by the Director Press and Public Relations, Boade Akinola, the minister […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Friday in Lagos, urged Nigerians to interact with the 1999 Constitution to actualise their hope for a better life. Fashola said at a Yoruba Tennis Club’s Landmark public lecture that it was better to work with the Constitution than to hold to the belief that Nigeria […]
*Okays new policy on Internally Displaced Persons The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, approved about ₦89.6billion worth of contracts under the Ministries of Works and Housing; and Aviation. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, revealed this to State House correspondents alongside the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster […]
Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government would ensure accountability for all participants in the Highway Development Management Initiative (HDMI). Fashola revealed this at the Ministerial Notice of the HDMI’s Launch in Abuja, saying the initiative would be used to administer and improve the country’s federal road […]
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola. It was gathered that the questioning was related to the corrupt practices tied to his questionable asset declaration and an ongoing probe of Babatunde Fowler, the former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue […]
By Tunde Opalana Ahead of 2023, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that its commitment to good governance has confounded the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daily Times gathered. The party is confident that the provision of good governance will guarantee its retention of political power beyond the Buhari Presidency. A staunch member […]
By Tunde Opalana In furtherance of the Federal Government’s commitment to providing road Infrastructure across the country, over one trillion naira will be needed to complete 711 ongoing road projects, according to the works minister, Babatunde Fashola, Daily Times gathered. The government, will, therefore, need to provide at least N500 million annually in the next […]
The minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has revealed the installers of the hidden camera at the scene of the shooting in the Lekki area of Lagos state. Fashola found the device while on tour of the place where #EndSARS protesters demonstrated for 13 days before they were forcefully dispersed. Daily Times recalls that […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday said Nigerians are disappointed in the present administration because they are looking for results in the wrong place. Fashola who disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television, monitored by Daily Times, said Nigerians should note that governance is not magic and the results they […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola had warned vice chancellors in Nigeria to stop giving honourary degrees randomly. Fashola gave this warning on Tuesday, August 18 during a meeting with the Committee of Vice Chancellors/Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC/AVCNU). The minister revealed that he turned down 17 honorary degrees from Nigerian […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has warned vice-chancellors in Nigerian universities to stop giving honorary degrees randomly. Fashola said this on Tuesday, August 18, during a meeting with the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Daily Times reports. He also urged them to focus on research and channel the data in their […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed that many neighbouring countries asked Nigeria for food during the coronavirus lockdown. Speaking during an Instagram Live with City People Magazine on Saturday, June 13, 2020, the Minister, said President Buhari, however, told the countries asking for food to wait because Nigerians must be well-fed first. […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has inaugurated the Gombe state Investment Housing Estate financed by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. The project which was conceived as a result of the partnership between the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria and Gombe state Investment and Property Development Limited was executed under the Federal Mortgage […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has urged top officials of the ministry to work as a team in order to achieve more successes. Fashola made the call at the 7th Top Management Retreat for Directors, Heads of Units and Chief Executive Officers of the ministry on Friday in Gombe. READ ALSO: Fashola […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has revealed plans to immediately remove any broken down truck from the highways as part of measures to ensure the free flow of traffic while construction work is on -going. He gave the assurance over the weekend while inspecting the rehabilitation of the Odukpani- Akpet-Alesi -Ugep Road in […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has ordered the contractors handling the dualisation of the Benin-Auchi-Okene Highway to endeavour to complete one side of the road before the rainy season sets in. Fashola gave the directive in Benin on Monday, while inspecting the extent and quality of work so far done on the […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that Federal Government’s borrowing would be invested in the development of the nation’s infrastructure. Speaking during an inspection tour of Highway projects in Niger State, explained that borrowings invested on infrastructure would create jobs and help the country achieve self- sustaining economy. Minimum Wage: FCTA commences payment, […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola at the weekend described infrastructure, especially roads as the basis for the development of the economy of any community or country. Fasola stated this in Ilara-Mokin, Ifedore Local Government area of Ondo state, while inaugurating a network of six-kilometre roads, constructed by the Chairman of Toyota Nigeria Limited, […]