August 18, (THEWILL) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N21,107,212,510 for projects in the aviation and education ministries as well as some Federal agencies.
This was disclosed at the end of the council’s virtual meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Briefing newsmen at the end of the FEC meeting, Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said Council approved four memoranda for his ministry, the total cost of which amounted to N16,697,742,839.
According to him, the projects to be executed in the contracts include construction of Wachakal Airport in Yobe State at N6.3 billion; post construction services for the same airport at the cost of N219.8 million; procurement of eight airport rescue and firefighting vehicles at the cost of N9.5 billion and a contract for the deployment of sniffer dogs to the Lagos and Abuja international airports at the cost of N658.8 million.
On his part, Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, told State House Correspondents that the Council approved a memorandum for the ministry in favour of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) Delta State for construction of facilities, including hostels, at the cost of N2.7 billion.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Adesina, said Council approved contracts worth N1,709,469,671 for four federal agencies, including Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
According to him, while a total of N187.5 million was approved for procurement of operational vehicles for the FRSC, a total of N537 million was approved for NEITI’s permanent office building for its head office, and a total of N985 million for the procurement and installation of dual body scanners for four international airports in the country.
“The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) got approval to procure operational vehicles at N187,469,669.25 and that is to reduce carnage on our roads and to meet its goals of reducing accidents by at least 15% and fatalities by 20%.
