Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has been asked to provide the names and details of contractors that allegedly collected money for electricity projects but failed to execute them, from 1999 to 2018. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability…
Why facts are inviolable: A response to Sanwo-Olu’s Media Team’s diatribe against Jimi Agbaje
The immortal words of former British Prime Minister and statesman, Winston Churchill that “truth is incontrovertible” speaks directly to the increasing falsehood and malicious misrepresentation of Jimi Agbaje, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. Churchill…
Infrastructure, basis for national unity – Fashola (Vanguard)
The Federal Government is committed to continue to invest in robust nationwide infrastructure to foster development and national unity, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Fashola spoke on Monday while inspecting the construction of Loko-Oweto…
Why Discos will not end crazy bills (Punch)
That the issue of erratic and non-supply of electricity to Nigerians is a daily discourse is no longer news! Irrespective of the daily release of data by the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, that the power situation…
Lagosians worry over return of traffic robberies (Guardian)
The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, is winding down his administration of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital city with six months left in the four-year cycle. Happenings and developments around the city, especially on security, give a bold statement – Governor…
We promised change but not in four years, says Fashola (Guardian)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) promised Nigerians would witness change but never said the agenda would be attained within any time frame, according to Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola. Fashola made the clarification yesterday at the inauguration…
‘Power sector loses N1.287b daily’ (Guardian)
Nigerian power sector said it lost approximately N1.287 billion on Saturday due to insufficient gas supply, distribution and transmission infrastructure.On the same day, average energy sent out was 4,157 megawatts/hour, which was down by 89.19MW from the previous day. This…
Innovate to tackle metering problem, Fashola tells NEMSA (Punch)
The Federal Government has charged the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency to come up with innovative measures that will help reduce the number of unmetered power users across the country. According to the government, over six million consumers of electricity…
We’ve delivered on roads, power, housing – Fashola (New Telegraph)
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has declared that his ministry has delivered visible and qualitative achievements to Nigerians since his appointment in November 2015. Fashola said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has brought abandoned…