Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday said some 456 inner city roads would have been commissioned in the state before the end of May 2019. Ambode, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Community Affairs, Alhaji Tajudeen Quadri, made the projection at the commissioning of the Federal Low Cost bypass in Ikorodu North Local Council Development […]
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Residents of Okpuje, a sub-clan in Ilueha, Owan West Local Government Area, Edo State, who are predominantly farmers, say they would not cast their votes for any political party in the September 10 governorship election in the state, as long as the five-kilometer road linking the communities in the sub-clan to Uzebba was not constructed. The people complained that past […]
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Eko Atlantic City, a unique, innovative development project on the coast of Lagos, has reached advanced stages in the first five million square metres of the project, according to Chagoury Group, the development project developer. The city not only boasts of independent power and water supply, seamless communications network, but also an 8-lane arterial road over 1,500 metres long. This […]
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The Lagos State Public Works Corporation has announced the commencement of reconstruction of roads, including Odunlade and Fadipe streets, in Shomolu Local Government Area of the state. The corporation said the project would bring respite to residents of the areas, which are prone to flooding whenever it rains.
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday said his ministry had received the required authority to spend on road projects. According to him, the government will pay more attention to roads with the highest traffic, citing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as an example. The Federal Government had on Tuesday announced that so far it had released N280bn […]
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Sokoto State Government has approved the construction of three major roads in Sokoto metropolis at the cost of over N1.5 billion. Alhaji Mohammadu Mannir, the State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, stated this when he addressed journalists at the end of the State Executive Council meeting in Sokoto.
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Barely three months to the end of his second term in office, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, has assured that ongoing road projects will continue, even if price of crude oil crashes to zero percent. He gave the assurance yesterday at the kick-off of a 10-km Uzebba-Okpuje-Okabhor road in Owan West Local Council Area of the state.
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), says contractors will resume work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway next week. Fashola, who spoke at the inaugural Buharimeter Town Hall meeting in Abuja on Thursday, said contractors had abandoned several projects because the last administration owed them money.
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Barely a week after Governor Akinwunmi Ambode expressed his displeasure at the deplorable state of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and gave order for an immediate fix, Julius Berger Plc has moved to site and rehabilitation of the road has commenced. The Governor last week passed through the Cele-Ilasa-Isolo axis of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and directed that the road be fixed immediately.
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The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been granted tax waivers by the Federal Government in exchange for repairing the Obajana-Kabba road. The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, revealed this while addressing journalists after yesterday’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fashola was convoyed by the Minister of […]
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The Dangote Cement Plc has called on government to use cement concrete in road construction in line with global best practice. The company said concrete roads are more durable, safes lives and cheap in the long run.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would adopt alternative fiscal measures of funding the construction of roads aside the country’s budget. The president also hinted yesterday that his administration would implement essential reforms to protect Nigerian manufacturers from unfair competition from abroad.
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