Tag: Babatunde Fashola

FG to close 3rd Mainland Bridge midnight on Friday

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing has announced that the Federal Government will effect the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos from Friday midnight July 24, 2020. At a news briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, Fashola stated that between 2015 and 2019, the government undertook a survey of all the bridges in Nigeria to determine their conditions and the urgency of repairs that should be done on them. Fashola revealed that “Some were critical, others were less critical and the Third Mainland Bridge is one…

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Fashola speaks on Okada ban, narrates encounter with armed robbers

Jide Ige

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the use of motorcycles (Okada) as a major means of transportation is not in the plan of Lagos State and should be banned. He spoke at a public lecture organised by the United Action for Change in Lagos on Thursday. It will be recalled that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State had banned the operations of motorcycle and tricycle in 15 Local Government Development Areas and Local Council Development Areas, including highways and major roads in the state. The ban, however, has…

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