Members of the Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, embarked on a marathon meeting that saw them approving contracts totalling about N960bn.

The contracts cut across different sectors such as road, aviation, education and transport, among others.

After many hours, the meeting, which started at 11am, was adjourned at about 5.20pm to reconvene on Thursday in order to conclude deliberations.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that the council approved the variation of the contract for the completion of the Police Service Commission headquarters in Abuja in order for the project to be completed in the next six months.

The project, which had an initial cost of N3.486bn was increased to N3.925bn, with a variation of N439.113m.

Fashola stated that the council also approved additional funding for the Nnamdi Azikiwe Mausoleum in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The project was initiated by the last administration.

“Council approved the additional funding to complete it from N1.49bn N1.953bn,” he added.

Fashola said the council approved road projects, which included the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road at the cost of N155.7bn and Efire-Araromi-Aiyede-Aiyela Road to connect Ondo and Ogun states at a cost of N14.4bn.

He said for the Enugu-Onitsha highway, the Amansia section, council approved the variations of the cost of N38.74bn to enable the contractor to progress with the work.

“Council also approved the awarded part at the Umunya at the cost of N23.4bn. So if you add that N38.74bn, which was the cost of the Amansia section, you will get a total approved cost of N62.06bn.

“This contract was first awarded for N24bn in 2014 but the scale of work done is, to say the least, appalling,” he said.

Fashola said council also approved money for the intervention in education and health care.

FEC, he disclosed, approved the provision of independent power plants to nine universities and one teaching hospital in the first phase of the pilot programme to cover 37 universities at the cost of N38.965bn.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said the council approved the production and distribution of core textbooks for early education classes 1-3 and for primary 4-6 in public schools nationwide.

He said the government felt there was the need to support the funding of education at the cost of N6.9bn.

According to the minister, the council also approved two vessels for the Eastern Port at the cost of N1.2bn.

The council also approved the award of contract for direct procurement, installation and commissioning of Wide Area of multilateration for the Gulf of Guinea at the cost of N3.9bn.

There was also an approval for consultancy services for the construction of a new terminal building at Mallam Aminu Kano Airport, Kano.

The minister said there was a plan to complete the payment with N621m.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, said the council approved the completion of the Goodluck Jonathan Way with an augmentation of an additional N3.8bn.

Bello said the FEC also approved infrastructure development of Wasa Resettlement Site at the cost of N26bn.

The Minister of Water Resources, Suliaman Adamu, said the council ratified augmentation of funds to complete Adada dam, Igbo-Atiti LGA in Enugu State.

He said, “The project started in 2010. It has been augmented and council approved that the project be completed now at N5.6bn by the end of 2018.

“Council also approved the augmentation of Phase II Galma Dam and irrigation project in Kaduna and Zaria. The purpose of the dam is to provide water to Zaria and environs.

“The Phase I Dam has already been completed while Phase II involves irrigation and some additional structures. So, there was an augmentation to raise the project to N16.5bn.

“Council also approved the review of construction fee for the Uguashi-Uku Dam project in Delta State.

“The project is almost 100 per cent completed but because of the extension of time over the years, we have to ratify the need to pay consultants for staying on site to oversee that project. So council approved the sum of N133.6m,” he stated.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement after the meeting, said the government was considering increasing the scope of work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to, possibly, N300bn.

“This road project comes at a time when the administration has increased the pace of the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and is considering increasing the scope of work on it by, possibly, up to N300bn; the East-West Road, Port Harcourt to Lagos and is pumping money into the realisation of the Second Niger bridge,” the presidential spokesman said.

He quoted Fashola as briefing the council that 63 roads were identified in 34 states for construction, repair and rehabilitation.

He said the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road project would be funded from 2017 and 2018 appropriations with additional provisions being made in the subsequent years’ appropriations covering the lifespan of the project.

This notwithstanding, he said the council had directed that the Ministers of Finance and that of Power, Works and Housing to meet and raise the money for its completion within the stated three years to avoid the fate that befell the East-West Road.

Source:

http://punchng.com/lagos-ibadan-road-fg-considers-increasing-scope-of-work-to-n300bn/

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lmao

lwkmd... Let me laff

Position yourself well... rather than wailing tap into the boom that will occur in 2018... by December 2018 a lot of people will be speechless with the achievements of the present administration

We have entered the bazaar season. Funds must be raised to finance 2019

Hmmm

dondo83:
Position yourself well... rather than wailing tap into the boom that will occur in 2018... by December 2018 a lot of people will be speechless with the achievements of the present administration

Lame attempt at being funny
All the projects that barawo bubu has been TRYING to complete since May 2015 were started by the previous administration.
Check.
He has been busy round tripping forex, enjoying medical tourism in London of the other room and stealing NNPC $26 billion to start any project of his own.
Shameless dullardhino.

nawtyme:
Previous Govts Initiated ‘Most Of The Things This Administration Is Doing’ – Adesina


A majority of the projects the Muhammadu Buhari administration is working on was inherited from previous administrations, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity has said.

Mr Femi Adesina said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s special Independence anniversary programme on Sunday.

“Most of the things this administration is doing – 60 to 70 percent of them – were initiated by previous governments,” he said.

“That shows you that in the past a government will come and say ‘this is not our project’ And it will discard what was being done and start fresh ones.”

As a result, Mr Adesina said there are many half and quarter-completed abandoned projects.
But rather than abandon the project, he explained that the current administration will complete it.

An example is the Abuja-Kaduna rail project which the Presidential aide said was up to maybe 60 to 70 percent complete when the last administration left.

“This administration came, completed it and inaugurated it. Then you will still find some people shouting, ‘they are claiming credit for what the past administration started,” he said.

“It shows there is a mentality in Nigeria that makes governments not want to complete what previous governments have started. But this administration is not going that way at all, it is just doing what needs to be done for the good of the country.”


https://www.channelstv.com/2017/10/01/previous-govts-initiated-most-of-the-things-this-administration-is-doing-adesina/

The most dumb idiot on Nairaland is NWAMAIKPE

nairalandic:
lwkmd... Let me laff

Make I join you laff small too o jare.

Promhize:

Lagos-ibadan Road Begin To Wear A New Face
Feb 26, 2015

My journey cut shut by about 30minutes from the usual.

Massive reconstruction is still on going.



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Lame attempt at being funny
All the projects that barawo bubu has been TRYING to complete since May 2015 were started by the previous administration.
Check.
He has been busy round tripping forex, enjoying medical tourism in London of the other room and stealing NNPC $26 billion to start any project of his

aolawale025:
We have entered the bazaar season. Funds must be raised to finance 2019

Do you mean that the $1 billion ECA withdrawal for fighting technically defeated Boko Haram and the $26 billion stolen from NNPC is not enough

urboy1:
Kachikwu dey write sha.. but even within the ministry, 97% 5% is showing itself.. this is appaling


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