FEC approves N44.5bn for rehabilitation of roads, power sector, FCT

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved various contracts worth N44.5 billion for ministries of works and housing, power, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Roads rehabilitation continues to receive attention with N8.1 billion approved for the completion of the rehabilitation of various roads across Nigeria.

States benefiting from the projects include Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Nasarawa, Lagos, Ogun, Kogi, Edo, Yobe and Delta States, as well as the FCT, Abuja.

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the last cabinet meeting for the year 2020, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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The ministry of works and housing had presented a memorandum on behalf of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA). The contract is for general repairs, emergency repairs and maintenance of roads and critical intervention on 10 roads in different parts of Nigeria.

“One is the maintenance of Ikot Ekpene-Itu road in Cross River State, repair and maintenance of Onitsha-aguleriAdani road in Anambra State, the general maintenance of Nasarawa-Toto-Abaji road, reinstatement of failed pavement sections on the ZubaAbaji road in the FCT, major maintenance repairs along Atan-Agbara in the border of Lagos and Ogun States along

Badagry area, general maintenance of Okene-adogoAjaokuta-Itobe road in Kogi State, the construction of Aden bridge between Okada and Ogbogui-Abangbe spur to Benin-Shagamu dual carriageway in Edo State, general maintenance repairs of Potiskum-Fika-Ngalda-Gombe road in Yobe State, general maintenance repairs of Benin-Asaba-Onitsha dual carriageway, that is Existing road to the Niger Bridge, general maintenance repairs of the Warri-Benin carriageway in Delta state.

“The total sum of these contracts was N8, 180,948,137.50 and council approved this memorandum on behalf of FERMA.”

Minister of power, Sale Mamman, on his part, said the council approved over N4.7 billion for the power sector.

“Today the FEC approved two memos from the ministry of power. One is the revised estimated total cost in the contract of construction of infrastructure at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria permanent site in Abuja. The total cost is N88.046 million.

“The second approval by the council is the extension of the contract time for the consultancy service in the project management and supervision of the ongoing construction of Zungeru at the power project in the sum of 3.5 million US dollars and N3. 4 billion equivalent to N4.7 billion.”

The council also approved the award of contract for the procurement of Field Materials (chiefly, Alum and Gaseous Chlorine) for water treatment by the Federal Capital Territory Water Board.