The newly sworn-in Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, upon his assumption of office, has pledged to challenge his fellow engineers on the issue of concrete technology even amid the forex challenge and petroleum crises. Director (Information) Press & Public Relations Unit of the Ministry, Lere-Adams Blessing disclosed this in...
The Minister of Transportation, Engr Mu’azu Sambo has promised to push for the implementation of salary enhancement for railway workers across the country. Sambo made the pledge on Friday while meeting with members of the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers in Abuja according to a statement by the Director Press...
The Federal government has flagged-off a critical road dualisation, a 132 km Kano- Kongolom Road. Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Ms. Blessing Lere-Adams disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. She said, Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Raji Fashola performed the...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has handed over a 380 metres internal road to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. This development was contained in a statement issued by the Director, Press & Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Ms....
While Nigeria boasts of the largest road network in Africa, only about 60,000km out of its estimated 195,000km road network is paved. Some of the roads are either in a state of disrepair, poorly maintained or altogether untarred. As part of the Federal Government’s efforts to improve the condition of...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has queried those living and selling under bridges in Lagos, saying that they were built for ease of vehicular movement, movement of goods and services and for the benefit of humanity. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director,...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has inaugurated twelve new members of the Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC). This was contained in a statement issued by the Director, Press and Public Relations Unit of the ministry, Ms. Blessing Lere-Adams on Monday, October 31, 2022. Ms. Adams...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said that the second Niger bridge was now completed and will soon be opened to the public for use. Fashola disclosed this on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at the National Press Center, Radio House Abuja, during the media briefing of...
Following the increasing cases of violation of the Codes of Conduct by Public officers, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has organised a sensitisation workshop for its Directors on strict compliance with Asset Declaration Processes, Code of Conduct and the consequences attached to infringements. The Ministry's Director, Press and...
A Senior Project Manager in the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Engr. Usoh Henry has said that the expansion of the 5.4 kilometers Abuja- Keffi expressway and the dualization of the 220 kilometers Keffi- Akwanga-Lafia- Makurdi Federal roads in the North- Central Geo-Political zone of the country would...