The Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved a memorandum from the Minister of State (Petroleum), Ibe Kachikwu, for the design of a new head office for the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
The design for the proposed 12-floor building, according to Mr Kachikwu, will cost N1.4 billion.
He also said the contract for the design has been awarded to a Nigerian firm.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of FEC chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Kachikwu said the government has decided to move the head office building of DPR from Lagos to Abuja.
Asked if N1.4 billion is not too much for the design, the minister said the projected cost of the whole project is expected to cost N35 billion.

By the time APC finishes with Nigeria eh, we will know that APC was a higher affliction than PDP when it comes to systematic looting. What will make their own worse is that they steal openly and yet claim to have a sit and say when saintly people are to be mentioned...