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Babatunde Fashola

28 Jun 2023
His Imperial Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan-Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, CFR and his wife, Her Regal Majesty Queen Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi have extended  heartfelt wishes to the former Minister of Works and Housing, Honourable Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), on the occasion of his 60th birthday today. The royal couple commended the contribution of Fashola to humanity over…
11 Jun 2023
“All the major roads here are federal roads. By sheer mismanagement of the ports, the Federal Government has paralysed the Apapa industrial area. In a truly federal system, we should get derivation from the ports.
28 May 2023
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has urged the Highways Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) concessionaires to perform effectively to set the pace for the second phase of the project..
26 May 2023
The outgoing Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Friday launched a ten-year blueprint for the National Housing Strategy (NHS). Fashola during the launch at the ministry’s headquarters said the government only cannot provide the totality of housing needs for Nigerians hence the need to create an enabling environment for the private sector. According…
25 May 2023
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, explained the reasons that President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to award contracts as well as borrow despite having just a few days left until the end of his tenure. According to Fashola, the tenure of the Buhari-led administration will officially wind down at midnight on May 28, hence…
18 May 2023
The Federal Ministry of Works on Wednesday closed down Ijora-Olopa Bridge in Lagos State over damage caused by vandals. Hakeem Bello, spokesman for the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola said this in a statement. According to Bello, who identified the failed section as the Ijora-Olopa inward Ijora-Oloye–Apapa, the roads leading directly to the…
15 May 2023
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has deployed a computerised system in land administration, which enabled the signing and clearing of 31 year-old arrears of Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O).
9 May 2023
Federal Government says it has delivered 8,938 housing units across 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and constructed 9,290 kilometres of roads nationwide.
5 May 2023
According to a report by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Bola Tinubu, Nigeria's President-elect, and his associates own at least 20 properties in the UK, most of which were acquired during his tenure as Governor of Lagos State. According to the OCCRP report, published in Premium Times, OCCRP's partners in Nigeria, the governors…
3 May 2023
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged the Senate Ad hoc Committee investigating the N6 trillion unpaid ground rent to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
1 May 2023
Motorists plying Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, were, yesterday, disappointed that the earlier promise by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola that the final stretch of the road will be completed on April 30.
30 Apr 2023
Federal Government has appealed for motorists' understanding and patience due to the heavy traffic being experienced on the stretch between Toll Gate to Kara Bridge in Lagos as the reconstruction work enters its final phase.

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