N1.6 trillion FG
contracts for
2014:Niger Delta
gets lion’s share
Category: Lead stories Published on Wednesday, 31
December 2014 05:01 Written by Isiaka Wakili Hits:
4860
As
the
year
ends
tomorrow
it
has
emerged
that
nearly
half
of
federal
government’s
N1. 6 trillion 2014 capital votes have gone to the
South- South, President Goodluck Jonathan’s geo-
political zone.
The region got projects worth N639.306 billion
which is more than the total amount of money spent
on projects in the rest of the five geo-political zones
of the country.
The figures are based on the analysis of contracts
awarded during the year by the Federal Executive
Council (FEC), at its weekly meetings chaired by
President Goodluck Jonathan.
Zone-by-zone data analysis of federal projects are
South-South: N639.306 billion; South-West: N256
billion; FCT:N193 billion; South-East: N111.3 billion;
North-Central:N101 billion; North-West: N62.151
billion and North-East: N23.767 billion.
The total amount shared among the zones as
shown above is N1.387 trillion.
This excludes N262 billion of the total amount spent
on other programmes but not pinned down to any
particular zone.
These are N240m approved for 44 SURE-P jeeps;
$300m (N55.5bn) diaspora bond; N80bn global
depository notes; $82m (N15.2bn) loan for polio
eradication in the country; N1.1bn for two
locomotives for new standard gauge rail line across
the country; $495m (N91.57bn) for irrigation
management in the country and N9.287 billion for
the purchase of cooking stoves and wonder bags
for rural women across the country.
The South-South zone also got billions as derivation
fund, which is 13% of oil revenues accruing to the
Federation Account.
Similarly, billions of naira was provided for the
region through budgetary allocations to the Niger
Delta Ministry and the Niger Delta Development
Commission.
The National Assembly on April 9 passed the 2014
budget totalling N4.695trn, an amount which is
N52.2bn higher than the N4.642trn submitted by
President Jonathan. Highlights of the budget are:
statutory transfers, N408,687,801,891; debt
service, N712,000,000,000; recurrent
expenditure,N2,454,887,566,702; capital
expenditure, N1,119,614,631,407; and aggregate
expenditure, N4,695,190,000,000.
A review of monthly contract award by FEC shows
that there was no contract approval for February
and May.
But in January, a sum of N30.5 billion was approved
as follows: March, N167 billion; April, N28.2 billion;
June, N56.8 billion; July, N28.8 billion; August, N2.6
billion; September, N157.8 billion; October, N197
billion; November, N366 billion and December,
N506.2 billion.
At its first meeting on January 15, the FEC approved
$11.2m (N2.07bn) for the supply of 746Km of
Aluminium Conductor Composite Core Reinforced in
Onitsha, Anambra State; while on January 22,
N28.11bn was approved for the provision of
engineering infrastructure for Wasa District in the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
On January 29, N240m was approved for the
purchase of 44 jeeps for the Subsidy Reinvestment
and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P).
On March 5, FEC approved $300m (N55.5bn)
Diaspora Bond; N80bn global depository notes and
$170m (N31.5bn) for a power transmission project
in Abuja.
On April 23, a loan of $152m (N28.1bn) from the
African Development Bank (ADB) was approved for
the development of the agricultural sector.
On June 4, the council approved N40bn for Second
Lagos State Development Policy Operation and the
Lagos-Epe Secondary Education Project; N2bn for
operation and training of staff for Wupa Basin
Sewage Treatment Plant in FCT; and N722m
consultancy services for the shore protection and
rehabilitation of Escravos breakwaters & Greenfield
Port development at Ogidingbe, Delta State.
Also same day N14bn was approved for
engineering infrastructure for Gida Daya Area of
Kurudu District, FCT, on June 25.
On July 2, a sum of N5.6 billion was approved for
Mangu Dam in Plateau State and $82m (N15.2
billion) loan for polio eradication on July 23.
The FEC, on August 27, approved $14m (N2.6
billion) for two power transmission projects in
Anambra State.
On September 3, a sum of €43 million (N8.9 billion)
was approved for the contract of the design and
construction of four 60TON Bollard Pull Marine Tug
Boats.
Also approved was $5.8 million (1.1 billion) for the
engineering design, manufacture, supply,
installation, testing and commissioning of 2x60MVA,
132/33KV at Amasiri and 2x132KV line bays
extension at Abakaliki, Ebonyi State for the
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
On September 10, a sum of N367 million was
approved for the purchase of power transformer in
Maiduguri, Borno State.
On September 17, the FEC approved N147.4 billion
for major road contracts in Kogi, Edo and Ogun
States.
The contracts were listed as: Contract No. 6135 for
the dualisation Lokoja-Benin Road Section I:
Obajana Junction-Okene (40.00km) in Kogi State,
N18.9bn; Contracts No. 6136 for the dualisation of
Lokoja-Benin Road Section II: Okene-Auchi
(26.70km) in Kogi and Edo States, N10.2bn;
Contract No. 6137 for the dualisation of Lokoja-
Benin Road Section III: Auchi-Ehor (29.20km) in Edo
State, N23.2bn; Contract No. 6138 for the
dualisation of Lokoja-Benin Road Section IV: Ehor-
Benin (47.70km) in Edo State, N23.6bn; Contract
No. 6241 for the reconstruction and asphalt overlay
of Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Shagamu dual
carriageway Phase IV: Ajebandele-Shagamu
KM162+586 (Ondo State to KM 261+000 (Ogun) in
Ogun State, N71.7bn.
On October 8, a sum of N1.1bn was approved for
two locomotives for new standard gauge rail lines
across the country, while N2.7bn was approved on
October 15 for the rehabilitation of some major
roads located at Garki and Wuse Districts of the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
On October 22, the FEC approved N165bn for the
construction of the East-West Road, Section V
(Oron-Calabar), Phase One in Akwa Ibom/Cross
River State.
Also on October 22, N24bn was approved as
revised estimated total cost of the East-West Road,
Sections 1&2; N3.5bn for the supply and installation
of a full jet fighter simulator (5000 series B737) for
Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos;
N106m for the supervision of the construction of
Calabar-Oban-Nsan-Ajasor Road (section 1) in
Cross River; another N106m for the supervision of
the construction of the Mbaise Rind Road
intersecting Owerri-Umahia Road in Imo State;
N150m for the contract for the appointment of a
transaction adviser for the rehabilitation of
independence building for the National Trade &
International Business Centre, Lagos; and N132m
for the purchase of a zone office building for the
Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission in Imo
State.
On November 5, $945m loan (N175 billion) for flood
control, irrigation management and water projects.
Of the credit facility sought from the International
Development Association, $495m was for irrigation
management in the country, $200m for flood control
in Ibadan metropolis and $250m for the proposed
urban water project in Rivers, Enugu and Ekiti
States. Also approved then were N9.067bn for the
construction of Calabar-Oban-Nsan-Okoroba-
Alassor Road in Cross River; N6.2bn for the
construction of Mbaise Ring Road in Niger Delta;
N3.6bn for Phase One of Mbak Mkpeti-Itu-
Arochukwu Road in Niger Delta; and N3.246bn for
Mbak Atai-Ikot-Ntu-Mkpeti-Okuiboku Road in
Akwa Ibom.
On November 12, there was the FEC approved
N44bn for the extension of Inner Southern
Expressway from Southern Parkway to Ring Road II
in Abuja; N7.2bn for the construction of one service
carriageway (14km) of Inner Expressway (INEX)
from Ring Road III to Ring Road IV, Abuja Industrial
Park; N1.8bn for the provision of access road and
engineering infrastructure to Plot 1458 and
adjourning plots around Hot FM Radio Station at
Gudu District; N44bn for the upgrading of 15km of
the East-West Road Section III: Port Harcourt (From
Eleme Junction to Onne Port Junction) in Rivers
State; N1bn for Molete Water Works Project in
Kwara State; and N383m for consultancy services
of the construction of Nigeria’s Cultural Centre &
Millennium Tower Project in Abuja.
On November 19, the council approved N273m for
consultancy services of the feasibility study and
conceptual design of Lots 4, 5 and 6 of the Abuja
Rail Mass Transit Network, while on November 26,
a sum of N60.9bn was approved for the provision of
engineering infrastructure to Kyami District, Zone C
in Abuja and another N9.2bn for the purchase of
cooking stoves and wonder bags for women.
On December 3, a sum of N430.5bn was approved
for the construction and rehabilitation of 17
strategic highways and bridges across the 14
states of Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Rivers, Bayelsa,
Delta, Enugu, Nasarawa, Abia, Niger, Kogi, Cross
River, Lagos and Kaduna. The breakdown of the
amounts was as follows: Rivers, N1206bn; Bayelsa,
N26.4bn; Delta, N64.8bn; Delta, N47.9bn; Enugu,
N32.3bn; Abia and Rivers, N34bn; Ogun, N100bn;
Niger, N17.5bn; Bridge in Cross River, N6.5bn; Yobe
and Borno, N8.1bn; Kaduna and Zamfara, N15.6bn;
Nasarawa, N14.2bn; Benue, N9.9bn; Kogi, N7.4bn;
Gombe, N7.2bn; Cross River, N7bn; also Cross
River, N9bn).
The projects include the Bodo-Bonny Road in Rivers
State with 3 major bridges across Afa Creek, Opobo
Channel and Nanabie Creek; Ikom Bridge in Cross
River State; the Agae-Katchia-Baro Road in Niger
State; the Ikorodu-Shagamu Road in Lagos, Aba-
Port Harcourt and Enugu-Lokpanta sections of the
Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway; the Damaturu-
Biu Road and the Gombe-Kaltungo Section of
Gombe-Numan-Yola Road.
Also on December 3, a sum of N1.2bn was
approved as variation cost of the construction of
Gbaregolor-Ogriagbere Road in Delta State; and
another N661m for the East-West Road Section V in
Akwa Ibom/Cross Rivers states.
At its last meeting for the year held on December
17, the FEC approved N24.2bn for the rehabilitation
of the outstanding section of Onitsha-Enugu Road;
N19.8bn for the rehabilitation of Sokoto-Tambuwal-
Jega-Birni-Yauri Road; N10.6bn for th
rehabilitation of Sokoto-Jega-Kontogora-Makera
Road; N3.3bn for the rehabilitation of Vandeikya-
Obudu Cattle Ranch Road; N3.8bn for the
construction of Inland River Ports in Makurdi, Benue
State; N351m for the procurement of insurance
cover for assets of the Nigerian College of Aviation
Technology (NCAT), Zaria; N200m for the supply of
1,600 drums of NCAT; and $59.690m (an equivalent
of N11.1bn) for the construction of Berth 21 at
Terminal ‘E’ Lagos Ports Complex Apapa, Lagos.
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Mr man, the South South is the goose that lays the golden egg.