Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the minister of works, power and housing, has
\ndenied allegations that his ministry is frustrating Akinwunmi Ambode, his
\nsuccessor as governor of Lagos.<\/p>\n
Ambode had alleged that the state\u2019s attempt to take over the
\npresidential lodge in Lagos after President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s approval
\nhas been stalled by the ministry.<\/p>\n
He also said the state\u2019s application to reconstruct the international
\nairport road from Oshodi has been frustrated by the ministry.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued on Thursday<\/span><\/span> by Hakeem Bello, media aide to Fashola, Below is the full text of the statement<\/p>\n The attention of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has been The Governor also reportedly accused the \u201cFederal Ministry of Works and This response is to ensure that members of the public are not misled by The allegations of lack of cooperation from the Ministry and frustration The Hon Minister also approved that Lagos State be granted the Rights to During the same year the Hon Minister also supported the approval of the As far as International Airport Road which is currently the ground for This is consistent with the position being canvassed by the Hon Minister The Ministry has presented the Memorandum conveying the request of the Due to the fact that\u00a0TWO\u00a0of the roads also connect Ogun State, the Federal The Kaduna State Government requested the Federal Government to transfer Federal Executive Council Memorandum are debated and commented upon by all As far as the Presidential Lodge is concerned, it is under the management After the approval by Mr President that the Presidential Lodge be handed The Ministry has prepared a vesting instrument to convey the transfer and Access to the lodge is not under the control of the Ministry.<\/p>\n The motive behind this public accusations must therefore be scrutinized If there is any lack of co-operation it is on the part of the State The Ministry is not frustrated by this lack of response and remains The Ministry remains committed to serving the Government and Good People As far as the refund of N51Billion is concerned this is not a new item. What is left is the process of raising the finance to pay the Debt owed to Those who are familiar with the workings of Government will attest to the Equating processes to a lack of co-operation is therefore akin to creating Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the minister of works, power and housing, has denied allegations that his ministry is frustrating Akinwunmi Ambode, his successor as governor of Lagos. Ambode had alleged that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nthe former governor denied all the allegations, revealing that Ambode\u2019s
\nphone a week ago was the \u201cfirst telephone conversation the governor has
\nhad with the minister since May 29, 2015\u2033 when he handed over the power to
\nhis successor.<\/p>\n
\ndrawn to certain statements credited to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr
\nAkinwunmi Ambode claiming\u00a0 that the \u201cFederal Ministry of Works\u201d has been
\nfrustrating the efforts of his administration to carry out a \u201ctotal
\nreconstruction of the International Airport Road from Oshodi.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nHousing\u201d and Security Services of denying the State Government access to
\nthe Presidential Lodge in Lagos six months after President Muhammadu
\nBuhari approved it off for the State.<\/p>\n
\ndeliberate or inadvertent mis-statements.<\/p>\n
\nof Lagos State Government development initiatives are simply not true and
\nthe facts do not bear them out.
\nIn 2016, the Hon Minister for Power Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji
\nFashola, SAN, approved the use of the Federal Ministry of works yard at
\nOworonsoki for Lagos State Government to create a lay-by to ease traffic.<\/p>\n
\nmanage the Street Lighting on the 3rd Mainland Bridge to support the
\nsecurity initiatives of the State, a request which the previous Federal
\nGovernment administration had denied Lagos State for years.<\/p>\n
\nWorld Bank Loan of $200m to Lagos State, again a request the previous
\nadministration had denied Lagos State.<\/p>\n
\nalleged \u201cfrustration\u201d is concerned, the correct position is that the Lagos
\nState Government presented a\u00a0 request for\u00a0FOUR\u00a0roads that it would wish to
\ntake over.<\/p>\n
\nfor States who are interested to apply to take over Roads that are within
\ntheir States.<\/p>\n
\nLagos State Government to the Federal Executive Council as was done with a
\nsimilar request by the Kaduna State Government in 2016.<\/p>\n
\nExecutive Council could not reach an immediate decision on them because it
\nrequested the input of the other State Government affected.<\/p>\n
\ntwo roads within Kaduna Metropolis to the State in November 2015. Due
\nprocess was followed and the request of the State Government was approved
\nin August 2016, a period of ten months.<\/p>\n
\nmembers and in cases of roads, surveys, maps and other material have to be
\nprovided to assist members understand the location and connectivity of the
\nroads, (in this case Four roads), in order to assist how they vote on the
\nMemorandum.<\/p>\n
\nof the Presidency and not the Ministry.<\/p>\n
\nover to the State Government, there was a directive to the Ministry to
\nwork out the modalities for handing over.<\/p>\n
\nall that is needed is a survey plan.
\nThe Presidential Lodge is a high security location and officials of the
\nMinistry also require security clearance to enter in order to do any
\nworks.<\/p>\n
\ncoming barely a week after the Governor spoke with the Honorable Minister,
\nMr Babatunde Fashola SAN on the outstanding requests of the State for
\nseveral minutes and the Minister took time to explain the situation of
\nthings to the Governor. (The first telephone conversation the Governor has
\nhad with the Minister since May 29, 2015).<\/p>\n
\nGovernment that has refused to acknowledge not to talk of approving the
\nMinistry\u2019s request for Land of the National Housing Programme in Lagos.<\/p>\n
\noptimistic that a response will come from Lagos State.<\/p>\n
\nof Lagos and will treat all their requests on Merit and in accordance with
\nnecessary due process as will be done to other States.<\/p>\n
\nAlmost all if not all states have these claims and the Federal Ministry of
\nPower Works and Housing has verified these claims.<\/p>\n
\nthe States.<\/p>\n
\nfact that it is an intricate sequence of processses, consultation and
\ncollaboration.<\/p>\n
\na storm in a tea cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"