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Nigeria Needs ₦1.2tn For Roads Not FG’s ₦198bn – Fashola

November 2, 2022 3:19 am

Babatunde Fashola who is the Nigerian Minister of Works and Housing, has recently made a statement that Nigeria currently needs up to ₦1.2trillion for some new roads and some bridges in the country but the Nigerian government is only able to provide ₦198.9 billion.

Fashola, who had appeared in order to defend the budget of his ministry before the House of Representatives Committee on Works on Tuesday also lamented the disparity between the cost of highways and the envelope budget which had been provided by the government.

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Fashola Sends Message To State Governments

January 27, 2020 11:15 pm

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, has said that state governments that desire roads must be prepared to pay compensation to citizens whose lands enter road construction plans.

NAN reports that the minister said this on Monday when he commenced a two-day inspection of highway projects in Niger.

According to him, every road project must pass through somebody’s land.

“It is the responsibility of state governments and Local Government Areas to settle these challenges so that the Federal Government can face the problem of funding the construction of these roads.

“I believe that we will help where we can;

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I Was Misquoted On State Of Federal Roads – Fashola

November 10, 2019 4:33 pm

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said that he was misquoted on his recent comment about Nigerian roads, saying a section of the media quoted him out of context.

He said his comment that federal roads were not as deplorable as the public portrayed them was used against him by the opposition to score cheap political goals.

Fashola was quoted to have said that Nigeria road surfaces are not as deplorable as the public have made them out to be.

But, Fashola while commissioning a road constructed by Chief Michael Ade Ojo at Ilaramokin in Ifedore …

Fashola alerts public to fake Facebook account in his name

September 2, 2019 5:53 am

Works and Housing minister Babatunde Fashola has alerted members of the public to a fake Facebook account opened in his name and warned people against falling prey to the antics of the scammers behind it.

Fashola, in a statement by Mr Hakeen Bello, his Special Adviser on Communications, said that the fake account, which had his name and picture, was opened by dupes and scammers.

The statement was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abuja.

“The minister has, on several occasions in the …

Fashola and his bogus claims

April 4, 2019 8:43 pm

By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu

The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) is peopled by a band of double speakers and elements who speak from both sides of the mouth. Buck passing and and blame game are their stock-in- trade. They always find excuses where none exists. And are always eager to justify lackluster performance by blaming the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) they took over from.

The Minister of Power,Babatunde Fashola ressurected these antics recently when he made a bogus claim that some states in the country enjoy 24 hours power supply. No response could better match this claim than that …