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NDDC boss gets kudos for Ikot Akpaden – Okoroette Road completion

Chidi Roberts — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 16:46:35 +0000

Youths from Eastern Obolo, an Ijaw-speaking local government area in Akwa Ibom State, have commended the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Nsima Ekere, for the completed reconstruction of Ikot Akpaden – Okoroette Road, the only access road to their area. The youth, coming on the platform of ONE Sure Project and […]

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FG releases N100bn through sukuk bonds for 25 road projects

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 18:59:32 +0000

The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja released N100 billion to road contractors to facilitate the construction and rehabilitation of 25 priority road projects across the six geopolitical zones. The Federal Government raised the funds through the issuance of Sukuk bonds. Sukuk bonds are Islamic bonds, structured in such a way as to generate returns […]

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Fashola to corporate organisations: Invest in road infrastructure, get tax relief

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 23:22:28 +0000

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has called on well-meaning individuals and corporate organisations to invest in road infrastructure. Fashola told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that the idea was to attract the private sector to road maintenance and, in turn, the Federal Government would give them tax relief. According to […]

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Fashola pledges better funding of road projects nationwide

Robby Akeju — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:44:10 +0000

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), said the Federal Government would, henceforth, ensure better funding of the various ongoing road projects across the country. Fashola stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at a meeting he held with contractors handling various Federal Government’s projects in the country. Fashola told the contractors that […]

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‘135,000km road network in Nigeria untarred’

Roland Edwards — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:10:52 +0000

The Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Chidi Izuwah, said on Wednesday that about 135,000 kilometres of road network in the country were untarred. Izuwah said this in Abuja at the 2017 Otis Anyaeji and Nigerian Society of Engineers Annual lecture. He spoke on the theme “Transportation Infrastructure as a Catalyst for Economic Diversification […]

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Work in progress

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:00:51 +0000

Construction workers making progress on the rehabilitation of Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa-Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna-Road in Kwara State first awarded in 2013 but poorly funded until releases were made from the 2016 Budget which has made possible the engagement of 350 local staff and deployment of 100 sets of equipment.

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Save our souls, motorists appeal to FERMA

Bode Durojaiye — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 07:55:30 +0000

Unless the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) urgently embarks on the rehabilitation of Awe/Iwo road, lives of motorists and commuters plying it are in great danger. For motorists and commuters plying the federal road, it is an endless tales and trauma. The hard times they are compelled to face is as a result of deep […]

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Alleged shoddy job on Ibadan/Oyo/Ogbomoso road: EFCC may prosecute contractors

Bode Durojaiye — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 21:41:51 +0000

There are strong indications that the Federal Government may have summoned contractors who handled section 1 of the 52-kilometre Ibadan/Oyo/Ogbomoso road project to explain why they should not be prosecuted for an alleged shoddy job. It was learned that contrary to an agreement between the Federal Government and the contractors that the project from Ibadan/Oyo […]

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More than 17,500 workers to be re-engaged as road construction firms return to site

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Wed, 18 May 2016 20:01:32 +0000

The Federal Government says more than 17,500 road construction workers are too be re-engaged as contractors return to project sites across the country. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made this known when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the contractors […]

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Fashola: FG will make 2,000km of road network motorable in 2016

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Wed, 18 May 2016 19:53:27 +0000

The Federal Government says its target in 2016 is to make about 2,000 kilometres of road network motorable. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made this known while fielding questions at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Wednesday. Fashola explained that the current administration would ensure the completion […]

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FEC approves Dangote Construction firm’s proposal to build Obajana-Kabba road

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Wed, 18 May 2016 19:41:21 +0000

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the proposal for Dangote Construction Company to use cement to build a section of the Lokoja- Obajana-Kabba-Ilorin road. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. He said […]

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FG requires N2trn to complete ongoing road projects, says Fashola

Femi Adewale — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:08:26 +0000

The Federal Government will require about N2 trillion to complete no fewer than 226 ongoing road projects across the country. Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure in Lagos while speaking at a Town Hall meeting organised to brief the public on the activities of the government in the last […]

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Roads maintenance: FG owes states N522bn

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:53:27 +0000

The National Economic Council(NEC) on Thursday confirmed that 13 states of the Federation had complied with the requirements for the reimbursement of funds used in maintenance of Federal roads worth N535.5 billion while only N13 billion was disbursed as at 2013. The governors of Oyo, Abiola Ajimobi; Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje; Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa; and Benue, […]

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Al-Makura’s alleged recklessness: Keyamo writes Buhari

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:54:33 +0000

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Tuesday, September 15, 2015 President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Villa, Abuja. Your Excellency, RECKLESS IMPUNITY AND HIGH-HANDEDNESS OF GOVERNOR UMARU TANKO AL-MAKURA AND HIS SECURITY DETAIL We are solicitors to Lois Ngi Iorvihi (hereinafter referred to as ‘our client’) […]

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