The federal government of Nigeria has released details of the 2016 budget to the public domain. Nigeria's Ministry of Power, Works and Housing was allocated the sum of N456,936,811,203 for the fiscal year 2016. The ministry is under the control of ex Lagos governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola.

Here are the most expensive items as listed in the budget:

1. REHABILITATION OF LAGOS- IBADAN ROAD SECTION I N40bn

2. CONSTRUCTION OF 1,973 BLOCKS OF 7,068 HOUSING UNITS IN THE 6 GEO-POLITICAL
ZONES AND THE FCT - N35bn

3. CONCESSION OF 2ND NIGER BRIDGE IN ANAMBRA AND DELTA STATES INCLUDING
PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION AND CONSULTANCY N13,136,816,518

4. KANO-MAIDUGURI ROAD (SECTION I - V) N13,109,415,878

5. CONSTRUCTION OF OJU/LOKO OWETO BRIDGE TO LINK LOKO AND OWETO WITH
APPROACH ROADS. C/NO. 6108 N10,000,000,000

6. REHABILITATION OF SOKOTO-TAMBUWAL-JEGA-KONTAGORA-MAKERA SECTION IN
SOKOTO/KEBBI STATES C/NO. 6161 N7,154,860,840

7. DUALISATION OF ODUKPANI-ITU-(SPUR IDIDEP ITAM) - IKOT EKPENE ROAD IN CROSS
RIVER /AKWA IBOM STATES - N6,000,000,000

8. DUALIASATION OF IBADAN-ILORIN SECTION II IN OYO STATE CONTRACT NO. 173A - N6,000,000,000

9. CONSTRUCTION OF 215MW LPFO/GAS POWER PLANT. (ONGOING)- N5,560,700,599

10. ENUGU-ONITSHA ROAD-ENUGU-ANAMBRA STATE C/NO. 6266 N5,468,119,561

11. PAVEMENT STRENGTHENING AND ASPHALT OVERLAY OF AJEBANDELE-BENINSHAGAMU ROAD IN OGUN STATE C/NO. 6241 NEW N5,200,000,000

12. COMPLETION OF POWER EVACUATION FACILITIES FOR 40MV KASHIMBILLA
HYDROPOWER PLANT, TARABA N4,496,333,839

13. REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF OSHEGBUDU - OWETO ROAD IN BENUE
STATE, C/NO.6265 N4,200,000,000

14. CONSTRUCTION OF APAKUN-MURTALA MUHAMMED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ROAD
IN LAGOS STATE ON DBFOMT BASES UNDER PPP SCHEME NEW N4,000,000,000

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/05/list-of-expensive-projects-in-fasholas.html

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BRF is known for executing incomplete projects even though the budgets were sufficient for that purpose.

Hopefully Fashola will do a standard job unlike the senseless lekki Ajah he built that is now littered with pot holes when it is not even completed.