Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has said not less than N13trn has been generated into the federal coffers by the Ministry.
Gatekeepers News reports that Fashola said N13,098,476,244.22 was generated between January 2015 and March 2023.
The Minister said the various works and housing projects which witness the engagement of 383,431 personnel to be able to deliver 9,290.34km of roads translated to a huge boost to the economy.
According to him, these were facilitated by 168 memos advanced by the Federal Government, led by the All Progressives Congress Party (APC) for the delivery of roads and Houses in the last four years spanning 2019 – 2023.
Fashola said of the 168 memos, 155 covered the Works and Housing sectors, while 13 others are from the housing sector and the approval was from the Federal Executive Council.
The Minister said the memo represented the deliberate and progressive measures taken to better the Nigerian infrastructure space.
Fashola pointed out that another major feat it recorded in the Eight years at the ministry was the digitization of the land registry which witnessed the uploading of over 50,000 files.
He said we have successfully had “50,000 files scanned in cumulatively, translating to 2,478,400 pages of documents and that is now live and ready to go.
“So that I will not be carrying those Ghana must-go bags to my house every weekend for signing.
Fashola added, “Our successor, whoever those may be, will gain largely for it.
“Again, that will improve the transaction time, some of the things that used to take three months to process can now happen in 24hrs.”
The Minister noted that these actions would greatly improve the economy through time efficiency.
He said, “Again subject, that to multidimensional poverty index, subject that to improve the human condition, and subject that to the three-way test and see if it passes that test.”
