Babatunde Raji Fashola

Stripping former Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola of power leaving him with works and housing is a further sign of his diminished influence in government and perhaps also his waning prospects for the succession in 2023...

Former governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola stays in the cabinet but will lose his 'super minister' status...

He insists that Buhari has the north locked down and is riding high in the south-west thanks to talented figures such as Power Minister Babatunde Fashola and Ekiti governor Kayode Fayemi (AC Vol 59 No 11 Cracks spread in APC alliance)...

It is allegedly backed by Muiz Banire the APC's national legal advisor and the erstwhile Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola: they are both former Tinubu protégés...

With a penchant for bulldozing ‘illegal structures' Ambode is seen as set on destroying the legacy of his predecessor Babatunde Fashola a persuasive business-savvy politician who is generally seen as one of the state's best ever governors...

He is now under far less pressure than his fellow economics chiefs Emmanuel Kachikwu Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation managing director Maikanti Baru and Power Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola (AC Vol 58 No 11 A date with destiny & Vol 58 No 21 When oil chiefs fall out)...

Tinubu's once-trusted Chief of Staff Babatunde Fashola proved far too independent when he took over from his patron as governor of Lagos State...

With talented ministers such as Okechukwu 'Okey' Enelamah Babatunde Fashola Kayode Fayemi and Udo Udoma all with clear reform ideas there is puzzlement and concern about the government's economic failures...

Other senior figures in the APC seen as hostile to Tinubu's ambitions include Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai Governor of Kaduna State; Babatunde Raji Fashola Minister for Power Works and Housing and the previous Governor of Lagos State; Kayode Fayemi Mines Minister and a former Governor of Ekiti...

That's very frustrating for Babatunde Fashola who heads a super-ministry in Abuja in charge of Power Works and Housing...