The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N50 billion for rehabilitation of roads in Taraba and Yobe States as well as the construction of injection substations to boost power supply in Gwarinpa area of the Federal Capital Territory.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that N48.4 billion of the amount was approved for roads in Taraba and Yobe while the remaining N1.6 billion was meant for the FCT electrification project.

The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, revealed this to State House Correspondents at the end of the council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday.

Giving the breakdown of the N48.4 billion, the minister said N29.8 billion was approved as revised cost for the rehabilitation of Yola-Hong-Mubi road and N18 billion was approved for the Yobe State Government as refunds for the construction of federal government roads in the state.

He said: “The Minister of the FCT brought his memo seeking for approval for the upward review of the contract for the construction of two 15 MVA injection substations at Life Camp Gwarinpa, in Abuja.

“In 2015, council approved the contract to supply 15/33 MVA injection substations to improve power supply in Gwarinpa, but regrettably for more than two years the contractors could not access the site due to ownership tussle of the land.

“By the time they later had access, prices went up, dollar appreciated and they came back in 2018 and are coming again today saying that given the population of Gwarinpa now, they need not two but actually three injection substations there and that contract was approved today for the sum of N1,640,406,426.26.”

Also fielding questions from the correspondents, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, dismissed the insinuation that the Federal Government was planning to introduce different salary payment platforms for the trade unions in tertiary institutions.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had insisted on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) it created, claiming that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) was short changing them.

The federal government had in March said UTAS failed three integrity tests.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU) had also recommended Universities Peculiar Personnel Payroll System (UPPPS) as their own payment platform.

Ngige, however, said: “No employee or worker can dictate to his employer how he or she will be paid.’’

He assured that efforts were on towards resolving the ongoing faceoff between the government and ASUU as well as other university based unions over payment platforms.

He said contrary to insinuations that the government was not engaging with ASUU, there had been series of meetings between all parties with the next one coming up on Thursday.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/fec-approves-n50bn-for-roads-in-northeast-fct-electrification-project/

Good one! Better late than never.. A news like this, is a welcome development.

50bn for the north?

ASUU dey there
Una no gree settle them....

The thunder wey go fire APC enh...

So una get 50billion?, and we No get security, no light, ASUU is on strike, prices are Sky rocketing.

Vote PO for better Niger. Dismantle the old order.......APC/PDP.

More reason ASUU will stay home forever

Jokers

Always the north.

Noted

Nice

I'm not after them working in the north. Since we are all in the same country. But it's very bad that almost all federal roads in the old Eastern zone is something else presently.
The govt should see into all these roads because the last time I checked, the East and some states in the south doesn't have governors apart from Ebonyi, Rivers and maybe Akwa ibom. Abia has been sold to Ebonyi already. So the federal should help and do something about all these death traps called roads in the East.

Niger delta oil money to build road in aboki land

Same old same old

People just come.to Abuja to pack money and forget work



Haaafa with the suspended chief accountant general?

Can i win this contract

Just a reminder that in just 339 days, Buhari will cease to be Nigeria's president

There is nothing he can for Nigeria again in this little period except to wipe the country coffers and live us in serious dept

If w can get our man Peter Obi into that position, the earlier Nigeria will recover from these mess

Roads that will be blown up by ISWAP/BH, abi northeast nor be Borno axis

50 billion for road construction why ASSU strike is still on
Another money has been approved for sharing!! And buhari is said to be fighting corruption!!
Buhari fear God ooo

49bn to be embezzled

Possibly revenue realized from alcohol sale and consumption in the south, that they so frequently and arrogantly destroy.

BuhariAPC loves provoking Southerners any day anyway he can jut to rub it on our faces that we can't do nothing....!!

Imagine 50bn to terrorists infested region while peaceful South that generates all the cash is left with bad roads. Dualisation of Lokoja_- Benin highway remains a mirage.

Buhari is wicked

isn"t that too much?

There is money in Nigeria but politicians are looting everything

G

A better Nigeria all around is all we want at [b][/b].

Ejehkob:
There is money in Nigeria but politicians are looting everything

Every politician that have stolen from our National treasury will not end well in life

Ejehkob:

Yes o, and we need all hands on deck

Yes, God bless you so much for this.

President Buhari is a good leader. The people of North East deserve this.

President Buhari has also done so much for us in the EAST, no President has ever has ever favoured WE Igbo, like Buhari. He recently build an International Airport in Anambra, he is about to Roundup the Construction of the second Niger Bridge. We IGBO are greatful to President Buhari.

we support u, we are ready to support you on nairaland and get likes, u guys can enjoy the money and send ur children abroad to study, we are here gidigbban supporting u guys and getting likes on nairaland, and when tinubu becomes president, he will share 100k usd to all the southwest families, then the east will suffer, lest i forget, IGBOS will never rule this country , please like my comment, this is how i eat

This people just wanna suffer the next administration

Federal govt always nut

Na wa shey na only north Aboki get this country ni. Anyway Jagaban is Iroru lo be eyin Omo Yoruba e fi oko bale. City boy is coming. We move to Aso Rock in 2023.

Hmm

This country needs serious disintegration or decentralisation.

This NONSENSE must stop.

A region barely contributing anything and enjoying this NONSENSE union the most.


Fact:

North has the best roads and road network in this country already.


South has the worst.