See What Fashola Told Senate As Ministerial Screening Resumes

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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing during President Buhari’s first democratic administration, Babatunde Raji Fashola has appeared before the Nigerian Senate as the house resumed the ministerial screening today.

The Senate had started screening the appointees on President Muhammadu Buhari’s list of his second tenure Ministers on Wednesday, 24th July in Abuja and resumed today, with the former minister and others appearing at the floor of the house.This Is What Fashola Told Senate As Ministerial Screening Resumes

Recounting his achievements in office, the former Lagos State Governor declared that federal projects are currently ongoing in every state of the country, noting that at the time he left office, his ministry was working on roads in 14 universities. He added that States are empowered by the law to generate and distribute power.
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“During my first term as minister of power, we recovered 720 containers of electricity equipment abandoned at ports. In our closing report, there was no state that were not executing a federal project. We also had roads that decongested and led to ports. Since privatisation occurred, the ministry of power ceased to be a major player in the sector. We only deal with regulatory issues now“, he said.

This Is What Fashola Told Senate As Ministerial Screening Resumes
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