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FEC Approves ₦84.6 Billion For Road, Airports’ Projects

2Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Infrastructure, News, Nigeria

FEC Approves ₦84.6 Billion For Road, Airports’ Projects

The projects are in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Katsina and Akwa-Ibom. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved over N5 billion for various contracts in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Katsina airports. The meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday also approved the dualisation of the Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene road at the cost of N79.6 billion. Special adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, revealed this while briefing State House correspondents on decisions reached by the Council at the weekly cabinet meeting. Mr Adesina said: “The Minister of Aviation presented a memo for the approval of the award of contracts at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, Nnnamdi Azikiwe interna...

Sanwo-Olu Approves Multimillion Naira Upgrade Of Lagos Television

29Aug

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Infrastructure, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Sanwo-Olu Approves Multimillion Naira Upgrade Of Lagos Television

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a multimillion Naira upgrade of key infrastructure at the Lagos Television (LTV) as part of a comprehensive plan to reposition the State-owned television station for national and international competitiveness. According to a release by Mr. Rasaq Musbau, the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Infrastructure Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA), the Project Management Team from the Agency recently went on an inspection tour of the complex and expressed satisfaction with the pace of work. He explained that the facility is now a beehive of activities carried out by construction workers to deliver a phased plan to revamp the 41-year-old television station. See Also: Lagos Government Announces School Resumption Dates M...

If Not Infrastructure, Then What? By Femi Adesina

13Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Infrastructure, News, Nigeria

If Not Infrastructure, Then What? By Femi Adesina

Former Governor of Anambra State and running mate to Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, flew into the eye of the storm some days ago, when he said on the breakfast show of a television station that the Nigerian economy couldn’t be driven on infrastructure development. Mr Obi, my friend of many years, and member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) simply carried opposition politics too far, and got himself into a jumble. What did he spend eight years doing as Governor of Anambra State? Building and developing infrastructure to boost the economy of the state. If not infrastructure, then what? Why then did he say this? “You can’t use infrastructure to drive economic growth. You invest in education and the SME (Small, Medium Enterprises) sector instead to dea...

Buhari Cracks Stubborn Projects, Its’s Just Beginning By Femi Adesina

29Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Infrastructure, News, Nigeria

Buhari Cracks Stubborn Projects, Its’s Just Beginning By Femi Adesina

How did you feel watching Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, inspecting the just completed multi-million dollars bridge at Ikom, Cross River State, early this week? Any person of goodwill, not overtaken by bile and ill will, would feel proud to be a Nigerian. Such people would be proud of not just the dynamic Minister, but also of his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari. Yes, President Buhari is doing great things in the area of infrastructure in the country. Roads, bridges, rail, airports, and the half has never yet been told. The new Ikom bridge replaces the old steel truss bridge built 50 years ago, in 1971. Located at Eko-Mfum, in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State, construction began in April 2017, and the project was completed in March, thi...

LASG, FG To Close Eko Bridge for Maintenance June 4

27May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Infrastructure, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

LASG, FG To Close Eko Bridge for Maintenance June 4

The Lagos State Government has disclosed that the Eko Bridge from Costain to Alaka in bound National Stadium will be closed for a period of ten weeks for emergency repair work to be undertaken by the Federal Government from June 4 to August 13. This was contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, noting that the repair was necessitated by the need to complete the rehabilitation works at the opposite side of the bridge earlier initiated by the Federal Government, hence the need for a notice of route diversion. Oladeinde noted that efforts have been made at providing alternative routes to divert traffic during the period of repairs. He said, "Traffic from Apongbon to Alaka, Stadium, Inner Surulere or Ikorodu Road will be diverted to Eko...

Makinde Set to Build New Abuja Governor’s Lodge at N1.2bn

22Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Infrastructure, News, Nigeria

Makinde Set to Build New Abuja Governor’s Lodge at N1.2bn

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and the state executive council has ratified N1.2 billion to build a new governor’s lodge in Abuja. This was disclosed by Daud Sangodoyin, the Commissioner of Public Works and Infrastructure, stating that the council ratified N1.2 billion to construct a new Governor’s Lodge at No 2. John Kadiya Close, Asokoro, Abuja. According to Sangodoyin, the new lodge would provide apartments for the governor, deputy governor, chalets, fittings, and furniture, “which would be of modern type.” The commissioner added that the government would complete the building project in six months. News Agency of Nigeria reports that Sangodoyin explained that the old lodge was no longer fit for the governor’s use.

2Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, News, Nigeria, Petroleum

Femi Adesina: Flying on Wings of Gas

By the time we remove hatred, malice, indecent politics, and all the ills that plague our country and its leaderships across different governments, President Muhammadu Buhari would go down in history as the one that pioneered different kinds of revolution in our national life: agriculture, infrastructure (roads, rail, bridges, airports etc.), and the latest; gas. In fact, Nigeria is set to fly on the wings of gas, courtesy of President Buhari. But let me give due credit for the headline of this piece, which is the brainchild of Mr Tony Attah, Managing Director of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG). At the conference on the Decade of Gas, flagged off by the President on Monday, Attah declared: “Gas is now everything for Nigeria. We must use what we have to get what we want. Saudi Ar...

North-East Requires Fresh $1billion to Tackle Boko Haram Crisis – UN

17Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Boko Haram, Covid-19, Infrastructure, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism, United Nations

North-East Requires Fresh $1billion to Tackle Boko Haram Crisis – UN

The North-Easter part of Nigeria needs fresh $1 billion to tackle the Boko Haram-induced humanitarian crisis affecting more than six million people in 2021, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said. It disclosed this on Wednesday noting that a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption has impacted livelihoods worsened by COVID-19 restrictions resulting in hunger for at least 5.1 million people. The UN Agency remarked that the figure of displaced persons is the worst outlook in four years. It said, “Ongoing conflict continues to be the main driver of humanitarian needs in northeast Nigeria, where millions of people have been displaced. Longstanding insecurity and violence, compounded by climate change, and the impact of ...

Security Agents Nab Eight Suspects For Attacking ACTDA Officers in Anambra

6Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Infrastructure, News, Nigeria, Security

Security Agents Nab Eight Suspects For Attacking ACTDA Officers in Anambra

A group of eight suspects who attacked and injured field operations officers working with the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, ACTDA, at an unapproved construction site in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area, has been nabbed by security agents. The suspects, all males in their twenties, had on Thursday, February 25th, 202, assailed the ACTDA field inspectors who demanded the approval papers for construction works at the building site where the suspects were working. According to the ACTDA officials, the group of boys in connivance with the owner of the construction site, who, on getting a call on the presence of the government officials, rushed to the site with a truckload of thugs, attacked and inflicted serious injuries on men of the agency. The assailants also d...

Atiku Supports Privatisation of Refineries, Other Govt Assets

21Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Infrastructure, News, Nigeria, Petroleum, Power

Atiku Supports Privatisation of Refineries, Other Govt Assets

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria has lent his voice to the Federal Government’s plan to privatise some of its assets. Among the assets to be privatised are the country’s refineries, the International Conference Centre in Abuja, Yola Electricity Distribution Company, Zungeru Hydro Power, Tafawa Belewa Square, among others. It is expected that around N493.4bn will be generated from the sale of the assets which were classified under energy assets, industries and communication department, as well as development institutions and natural resources. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 presidential election disclosed this in a statement ‘Privatisation of Refineries and Other Assets: Better Late Than Never.’ He urged the Federal G...