Babatunde Fashola occupation politician
Babatunde Raji Fashola  SAN (Yoruba: Bàbátúndé Rájí Fáṣọlá (Listen); born 28 June 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician currently serving as the Federal Minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria. He served two terms as Governor of Lagos State from 29 May 2007 to 29 May 2015.Secretary of the Lands Sub-Committee of the Transitional Work Groups- 1999.
Member of the panel of Enquiry into allocation of houses on the Mobolaji Johnson Housing Scheme at Lekki.- 2000.
Member of the State Tenders Board- 2002– 2006.
Member of the Lagos State Executive Council-2002-2006.
Member of the State Security Council-2002-2006
Member of the State Treasury Board-2002-2006
Chairman Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of Asset distribution among Local Government.
Minister of Power, Works and Housing 2015-2019
Minister of Works and Housing 2019 to dateGovernor of Lagos state
Fashola was the chief of staff to his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.As the candidate of the Action Congress party, now transformed to the All Progressives Congress party, Fashola succeeded Tinubu as governor of Lagos State on 14 April 2007. Fashola was re-elected on 26 April 2011.Lagos infrastructural regeneration
Fashola focused on the rehabilitation of Lagos' infrastructures. These infrastructures had been neglected for years after Abuja was declared the new capital of Nigeria in 1991. The modernisation of Lagos, which Tinubu had begun, accelerated under Fashola's governorship. Both the private and public sectors were involved in the realisation of the project.
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