The Value-added concession under the Highways Development and Management Initiative, HDMI on Friday, May 26, 2023, inched to the implementation stage as six successful concessionaires signed concession agreements (commercial close) on nine out of the 12 selected pilot roads with the Ministry of Works and Housing.
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has directed the immediate closure of the Ijora-Olopa Bridge following the discovery that some miscreants have tampered with the major reinforcement elements of the deck from underneath which led to the failure of a section of the Bridge along Ijora Olopa Road, beside Water Corporation, Ijora.
Mr President, on behalf of the Honourable Minister of State, Works and Housing, the Permanent Secretary and all the directors and members of staff of the Ministry of Works and Housing, I welcome you to the site of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Lafia, Nasarawa State and say with pride that we delivered on your mandate.
Giving a brief history of the NNPC/FIRS agreement, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, who said that the NNPCL was investing its resources into infrastructure, explained the ideology of the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme as “a new model of partnership with the private sector companies whereby government is saying, “Give me my tax in advance and I will invest it in infrastructure”.
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, convened a meeting of the Stakeholders and briefed journalists while unveiling the road projects currently undergoing rehabilitation and construction.
Showing the way forward in the light of the recent National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recommendations for getting Nigeria out of poverty, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, Thursday declared that such recommendations were already being addressed by the Muhammadu Buhari administration with its massive investment in infrastructure renewal and expansion.
Remarks by H.E. Babatunde Fashola at the Inauguration of Board of Management of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, was at the commissioning ceremony of Phase 1 of the National Housing Programme, NHP, at Issele Azagba in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.
During the festivities, Nigerians have been advised to maintain the speed limit of 100 kilometres as specified by the nation’s traffic laws.
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of WorksandHousing, has expressed delight that contrary to the earlier impression created in some quarters, the road development scheme was attracting other sectors of the economy, including the manufacturing and telecommunications firms.
Yesterday, Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, slumped immediately after President Muhammadu Buhari announced his dismissal.
Minister Of Work and Housing and former Governor of Lagos Babatunde Fashola has been at the receiving end of jokes on the internet following the inspection of the burnt Lekki toll plaza that led to him discovering a camera.
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How a whole Fashola go talk that kind nonsense, the Ajeokuta road wey I pass as I go Kaduna last week na dream?. Mazi, that road no be here oo
The federal government has announced plans to return tollgates to federal highways.
Briefing State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Fashola said: “Let me just clarify this impression about toll gates; there is no reason why we cannot toll. There is no reason.
