The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N1.8 billion for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the railway village in Agbo, Delta.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this while briefing state House Correspondents after the extended FEC meeting presided over by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo,
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, Bello, disclosed that FEC also approved the sum of N743 million for the procurement of security and safety deficiencies as well as incidence laboratory for Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
Sirika who briefed alongside his colleagues Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammed, said the total sum for the procurement included taxes with a completion period of 12 months.
Sirika added that council also approved the contract for the procurement of pavement marking machines was also approved by the council at the cost of N391.8 million.
“This is a visual aid for pilots for safe operations around our airports,” he said.
FEC had also approved the sum of €1.1 million, for the purchase of a total radar coverage track on system reconditioning, to be supplied by the manufacturer of the equipment at the cost of 1, 187, 960, 000 Euros, equivalent to N414, 543, 760.23 excluding taxes and it’s for seven months completion.”
On his part, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bello, disclosed that the council approved six contracts worth N2.6 billion for the FCT.
“The FCT got approval for the award of contract for the construction and equipping of materials testing laboratory in Abuja and that contract is in the sum of N616, 278, 844.19 with a completion period of five months.
“That laboratory already is under construction, so basically it is just to equip the laboratory and is going to test all the items that go into the construction of roads and buildings,” he said.
“The second contract was for the provision of an access road to link very key anterior roads in the Central Business District that is Ahmadu Bello Way and Sani Abacha Way, all in the FCT, in the sum of N670, 347, 909 with a completion period of six months.
“The third memo was for the award of contract for the design of engineering and solid waste treatment plant and transfer stations in the FCT and it is a consultancy project awarded in the sum of N473, 798, 934, to be completed in 12 months.
“These transfer stations are meant to serve the waste management value chain so that before you get to the final dump site, solid waste is separated according to the various grades and that makes it easier for recycling.
“FEC also approved the award of contract for the FCT for engineering design of expandable main sewage treatment plant at Kango and Associated Trunk lines at the cost of N511, 528, 689.
Bello added that the FCT got approval for the final design of engineering infrastructure and production of tender documents at the cost of N202, 410, 378.45.
He stated that another N143.7million was approved for the final engineering design of infrastructure and production of another tender document for Sector Centres E and F in phase 111 of FCC, Abuja.
Minister of Information and Culture, Mohammed, while speaking further on contracts, disclosed that N1,081,345,163.45 was approved by the council for the construction of School of Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State.
He said council also approved consultancy for a capacity development programme for teachers that would handle special needs and disability education.
“The contract was given to a consultant at the cost of N338,281,250 with a completion period of four weeks.
“This will actually entail training 18 teachers from each state of the federation to handle students with special needs and disability,”
BusinessDay gathered that the last meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC under President Muhammadu Buhari will hold on Monday, the 20th of May, while the valedictory session on the 22nd of May.
