BudgIT has demanded that the Federal Ministry of Works, Power and Housing release information on the projects currently being implemented and the actual cost released for each project. In a statement on Monday, Budgit wondered what project the ministry spent N170bn on, after a recent revelation that no new project has been awarded lately. It asked... Read More
The Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and the Bureau of Public Procurement may be probed by the Senate over alleged inflation of costs of contracts executed. The Ministry which is headed by Babatunde Fashola has been accused of conspiring with the BPP to change names of contractors to execute a project as well as... Read More
The discovery of not a few changes in the reviewed 2016 Appropriation Bill has surfaced in the past few days. After the drama of the budget going missing, the resurfacing of the document and the revelation that two versions were submitted, it’s become obvious that the real intention of the perpetrators was to make alterations.... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The long awaited reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will take 48 months to be completed, the President has said. On Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the N167bn project handled by Messrs Julius Berger Plc and Reynolds Construction Company Ltd. President Jonathan said he was happy to see that work was beginning on the 35-year-old... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo The Federal Government will re-open the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, one week ahead of the scheduled delivery date of November 6, 2012. This was confirmed by the Special Adviser to the Minister of Works on Media, Tony Ikpasaja, yesterday. According to him, the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, will “open the rehabilitated... Read More
by Isi Esene The time you spend shuttling between Lagos Mainland and the Island might soon get a little much longer and tedious with news that the Minister of State for Works, Bashir Yugudu, is set to kick off the repairs of the Third Mainland Bridge today. This bridge repairs is expected to cost the... Read More