Tag: Fashola
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Revealed: Report links Tinubu, Fashola, Sanwolu, Oyetola to 20 UK properties
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; a former Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and an associate, Oladipo Eludoyin, have been allegedly linked to 20 properties bought in the United Kingdom when he (Tinubu) was serving as Lagos State governor. According to an investigative report…
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How Fashola Lied About NASS Being Responsible For The Deplorable States Of Nigerian Roads – Senate
The Senate has described as “fallacy of the highest order” a statement credited to the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on the state of Nigerian roads. Fashola, according to the red chamber, alleged that the National Assembly members should be held responsible for the poor state of the federal roads in…
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MAN, NECA disagree as Fashola says Nigerian roads not that bad
The roads are not as bad as they are often portrayed. I know that this is going to be your headline, but the roads are not that bad – Fashola The minister is not in touch with reality. He needs to speak with his road maintenance engineers and get information about the true situation of…
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Fashola: N157b Works budget insufficient to pay for completed roads
Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola on Thursday painted a bleak picture of Nigerian roads. He told the House of Representatives Committee on Works that the N157 billion allocated to his ministry cannot offset outstanding debts. The minister said the amount of unpaid certificates for completed road projects was N306 billion, while N2.93 billion was…
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Photos At Ongoing Construction Of Second Niger Bridge At Asaba
The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Friday reassured the people of South East and South-South geopolitical zones that the Federal Government would complete the second Niger Bridge on schedule. While describing the second Niger bridge project as a priority to President Muhammadu Buhari, Osinbajo reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring that the country…
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Fashola Seeks Elongation Of Works Minister’s Tenure
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has called for the elongation of appointment of the Minister of Works and critical directors in the ministry, saying a four-year term is too short to design roads, undertake procurement and building the roads. Fashola made the call yesterday in Abuja while unveiling a compendium…
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CCB refuses access to Audu Ogbe, Kyari, Amaechi, Fashola’s asset declaration forms
* Agbakoba, other SANs slam FG, they say corruption is deeper and more cancerous than before * Buhari’s government playing to the gallery — CUPP * It is an evidence of biase by the Bubari’s administration— PDP * It shows lack of accountability— Secondus The Code of Conduct Bureau has refused to release copies of…
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Fashola: It Is Not FG’s Problem If Nigerians Lack Electricity
If you don’t have electricity, it is not the Federal Government’s problem, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has declared. The Punch reported that Fashola, disclosed this while speaking at the Nextier Power Dialogue on Wednesday night in Abuja. He told his listeners that there were problems in the power sector, but…
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PDP Looted Our Destiny, Says Fashola
The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola SAN, on Monday, blamed the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party for abandoned federal government projects across the country. He stated this while inspecting the building project of the federal secretariat, Awka, Anambra State. He described the corruption during the PDP era as monumental, adding, “They…
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Tell Us Where To Find Fund If We Do Not Borrow, Fashola Attacks Govt Critics
“Buhari’s government revived the contracts that were stopped. If a contractor does not get paid, there is no magic to getting the work completed. He will have no alternative than to stop,” he said. “You don’t expect the work that would have been done in decades to be completed within three and a half years.…