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The Coat Of Arms Should Not Be On Nigeria’s Flag – Fashola

Former Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has lamented about the misuse of national symbols such as the anthem and flag.

The former Minister of Works and Housing recalled an instance where the national flag was misrepresented.

According to him, while hoisting the flag, he discovered the coat of arms on it.

Fashola made the observation on Monday during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Empowering Tomorrow: A New Vision for Nigeria, a special programme on the 63rd anniversary of Nigeria’s independence celebrated annually on October 1.

According to him, “Just this afternoon, I was asked to hoist a flag of Nigeria.

“By the time the flag unfurled, I saw that there was a coat of arms in the middle and I whispered to my host that ‘this is not the flag of Nigeria’. Nigeria’s flag does not have a coat of arms in the middle. It is green, white, and green.”

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria noted that the National Orientation Agency, which has offices in all the states of the country, produces and sells the flag.

He therefore underscored the need to deal with “some of the small things that matter”, adding that Nigerians must be intentional.

“When I was in primary school, these were the symbolisms of those Independence Day parades, Children’s Day parades, and this was how we were taught to stand up or maintain our position whenever we heard Nigeria’s national anthem being rendered.

“You sit today and you shudder in your skin what happens today, what people have been taught when the national anthem is rendered,” he added.

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Federal Government has completed 11,000 houses nationwide – Babatunde Fashola

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola disclosed this during a TV interview with Arise Tv .

The former Lagos state Governor said ;

Fashola said; 

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“We have pilot housing projects in 34 states. We are now in some phases. Phases two and three have a total of over 5,000 housing units.

“There is an inherited pilot programme of about 6,000 units and in fact we’ve finished that as well, to give you about 11,000 units.

“There are interventions from mortgage and real estate developers by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria of about 25,000 units across the country.

“And the Federal Housing Authority is also building and developing on its own and in partnership in many parts of the country.”