28 Facts About Babatunde Fashola

Babatunde Raji Fashola is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the federal minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023.

Babatunde Fashola was the minister of Power, Works and Housing from 2015 to 2019.

Babatunde Fashola served two terms as governor of Lagos State from 2007 to 2015.

Babatunde Fashola was called to the Nigerian Bar as a solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in November 1988 after completing the professional training programme at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos which he undertook between 1987 and 1988.

Babatunde Fashola is a recipient of Lagos State public service club Platinum Award for outstanding contribution towards development.

Babatunde Fashola is a Patron of the Law Students Association of the University of Benin and he is the second law graduate from the University of Benin and the first member of the Nigerian Law School graduating class of 1988 to be conferred with the professional rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Babatunde Fashola is the First ever Chief of Staff to be so honoured.

Babatunde Fashola is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the International Bar Association and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.

In 2008, Babatunde Fashola was inducted as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators.

Babatunde Fashola was held in detention by the Nigerian Police for 26 days further investigation as his brother who he said he published the article did not show to defend his brother by confessing he did committed the defamation, and was then charged to court.

On 9 September 2023 the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Works which Babatunde Fashola headed as minister was accused of inflating a road contract from N9.8 billion to N54.3 billion.

Babatunde Fashola was chief of staff to his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Babatunde Fashola, had during his tenure as Chief of Staff, dubbed as the Honourable Commissioner to the Governor's office.

Babatunde Fashola was the first person to hold both offices simultaneously.

Babatunde Fashola served in Lagos state in various capacities, including:.

Babatunde Fashola was the chief of staff to his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Babatunde Fashola introduced air-conditioned city buses, the BRT buses, for which dedicated lanes were constructed.

Babatunde Fashola initiated the construction of the Lagos Light Rail, the commuter rail of Lagos, the first two lines of which are scheduled for completion in the last quarter of 2022.

The Babatunde Fashola government has made great strides in rural areas, with over 110 rural development projects completed under the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Structure.

Babatunde Fashola embarked on land reclamation without which urban planning would not be possible under the prevailing conditions.

In October 2009, Babatunde Fashola inaugurated a garden in honour of the late Professor Ayodele Awojobi at Onike Roundabout, Yaba, Lagos, in the middle of which a statue of the famous academic was placed.

In June 2007, Babatunde Fashola appointed former Inspector General of Police Musiliu Smith head of the Lagos State Security council, a body charged with taking a holistic look at the anatomy of crime in the state.

In May 2014, Babatunde Fashola announced the compulsory use of life jackets on Lagos waterways.

Babatunde Fashola personally took control of tracking down and isolating about 1,000 people who were feared to have been infected since Patrick Sawyer's arrival.

Babatunde Fashola made a point of visiting the country's Ebola treatment centre to impress on the Nigerian public that they should not panic unnecessarily.

Babatunde Fashola was appointed Minister of Power, Works and Housing by President Muhammadu Buhari on 11 November 2015; he was appointed Minister of Works and Housing on 21 August 2019.

The Second Niger Bridge at Onitsha, which had been the subject of political debate since the 1980s and was seen as a byword for stagnation, was pushed forward under Babatunde Fashola and is nearing completion.

Across party lines, Babatunde Fashola is mostly valued for his expertise.