We’ll Rehabilitate Roads In Universities To Improve Our Learning Environments – Fashola

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has come out to say that his ministry is presently executing 43 road projects within tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

The Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mrs Boade Akinola recently revealed this via a statement to newsmen.

According to Fashola, if anyone doubts the report, he or she should look out for feedback from students in the targeted schools for their testimonies.

He added that the roads are being rehabilitated just to improve learning environments for Nigerian students.

His words, “Those who doubt it should simply listen to some of the feedback from students in the schools, where this type of intervention had taken place.”

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Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN (Yoruba: Babátúndé Rájí Fáshọlá; born 28 June, 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is currently the Federal Minister of Works and Housing. He served two terms as Governor of Lagos State from May 29, 2007 to May 29, 2015.

As a candidate of the Action Congress party, now known as the All Progressives Congress, Fashola succeeded Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on 14 April, 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May, 2007.

Fashola was re-elected on 26 April, 2011. On November 11th 2015, he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to be the Minister of Power, Works and Housing; he was reappointed Minister of Works & Housing on the 21st of August 2019.

Babatunde Raji Fashola of Yoruba origin, from Lagos, was born in Lagos on 28 June, 1963. He attended Birch Freeman High school Lagos and Igbobi College Lagos. He studied Law at the University of Benin from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B.(Hon), degree in 1987.