The Federal Government has concluded plans to subject public buildings across the country to a mandatory maintenance check, Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo has said. The vice president, represented by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said the first phase of the mandatory maintenance programme would cover only public buildings. “We will be going later to roads, rails and power installations, but we are starting with public buildings. He said before reaching a decision on the introduction of the maintenance framework, the ministry sampled nine buildings. He said these included a federal court, a federal college, a federal hospital, federal prison, a federal secretariat and four other buildings belonging to the ministry.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 30, 2019 17:37 UTC