{"id":194447,"date":"2026-02-11T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/how-tinubu-helped-me-as-minister-dave-umahi"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:17:40","slug":"how-tinubu-helped-me-as-minister-dave-umahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/how-tinubu-helped-me-as-minister-dave-umahi","title":{"rendered":"How Tinubu helped me as Minister \u2013 Dave Umahi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi on Wednesday disclosed that President Bola Tinubu\u2019s support has helped his ministry in moving forward in the construction of roads and bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Umahi said Tinubu has never sent any contractor to him to award contracts to, stressing that the president has been very committed.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister disclosed this while defending his ministry\u2019s 2026 budget at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI thank my boss Mr president which has helped our ministry in moving the bridges and infrascture forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me vow and say that, you know, I can put, you know, 90% of my time and efforts because of who Mr. President is, because of the kind of support, because of the kind of commitment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate so deeply working with him and it makes life very easy, he has never sent a contractor to us. He has never asked us to give this contractor this price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery pricing is very high and I appreciate him and I want to say that we walk with courage and we don\u2019t work with fear, we report to God almighty, to the people and to Mr president and of course to you our headmasters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remain grateful to the Senate president, the honorable speaker of the House of Representatives, my two works chairmen of National Assembly, and the distinguished members of National Assembly committees of works. The entire federal minister of work team is grateful to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi on Wednesday disclosed that President Bola Tinubu\u2019s support has helped his ministry in moving forward in the construction of roads and bridges. Umahi said Tinubu has never sent any contractor to him to award contracts to, stressing that the president has been very committed. 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