i know say na dat Osibanjo go finance dis nonsense!!! cause Buhari cant do such

iamezekwesiri:
Let's sale this country na ..... Even my office 12th floor is like heaven already with how much kwanu....
This is sickening aswearugaaad

Are you sure u understand what the article says?

When awarding contracts you abide with international terms; but when paying workers, what people earn per hour in other oil producing countries is not taken into account...

The money will go to their cronies at the end of the day. The country is doomed.

To put this in perspective, this is unappropriated money; it will come from the earnings of DPR.

kingemzy5:
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the sum of N1.4bn for the award of contract for the design of the Department of Petroleum Resources head office in Abuja.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Kachikwu said that the contract was awarded to Messers Arteck Practice Limited to design a 12-floor building at a plot which had already been allocated by the FCT.

According to the minister, DPR is currently based in Lagos and operates as the regulatory and supervisory arm of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and is also instrumental in terms of income generation.


He said that the design was to start the process of moving the agency to Abuja.

On whether the amount was not too much for design of a building, Kachikwu said that the contract sum was the lowest of the bids.

“The highest bid was about N3bn; the total projected potential cost for the building when it is done is about N35bn.


“So if you look at that as a percentage of the work, it is absolutely insignificant. In international terms, it is very justifiable, it is less than two per cent.

“The FCT did mention in our deliberation that because of the new zoning policies, the previous plan which was to build a car park of another five floors along with the 12 floors has to be changed a little bit because they are taking possession of additional green area that were assigned to them.
“So they will build a lot of parking institutes within the building. So, I think because of the amount of work to be done and in line with international practice, it is quite The minister said funding for the design would come out of DPR itself, and not out of federal budget.frankly very reasonable.’’

https://punchng.com/fec-okays-n1-4bn-for-design-of-dprs-12-floor-hq/

Why not when EFCC build house with 25billion so how much is 1.4 for design of where the money dey come from gan gan ... Na thief go kill all of them last last .. Because no one of them can take 1 kobo to heaven

Emmanuel226:
i know say na dat Osibanjo go finance dis nonsense!!!
cause Buhari cant do such

FEC is federal executive council .. Not VP or president . na una reps dey chop those padded bills

Came4apost:

FEC is federal executive council .. Not VP or president . na una reps dey chop those padded bills

d way dis tin carry dey vex me eh, nothing dis govt know atall, dem no dey plan for our generation to come

The comments here show that Nigerians have no ideal of structure. That design bid is low. The proposed building is below international standards and not eco-friendly.

God help Us in this Kontri
Where’s Buhari he should look into This

That Moni can Employ 1000 Youths
I wipe for 9ja �

I was even thinking Kachukwu himself is a bit sensible...... Anyways I dont blame him, just like Osibanjo, its a case of if you cant beat them, you join them.

smartblu:


On whether the amount was not too much for design of a building, Kachikwu said that the contract sum was the lowest of the bids.

“The highest bid was about N3bn; the total projected potential cost for the building when it is done is about N35bn.


“So if you look at that as a percentage of the work, it is absolutely insignificant. In international terms, it is very justifiable, it is less than two percent

Bros, the kind calculator/brain wey you dey use na wao. NI.4bn is exactly 4% of N35bn. Go back to primary maths Sir. Thanks

And one idiot was begging me to design 274 unit 4 bedrooms duplex estate M & E for 100k.

soulpeppersoup:
The comments here show that Nigerians have no ideal of structure. That design bid is low. The proposed building is below international standards and not eco-friendly.

That's a lie bro, China is building a 55km long bridge across the sea with $20bn all inclusive of design, building etc, if it's Nigeria, it will be like x100 of that with less quality, durability etc. All is a way to waste public funds. Thank you.

Bishop000:
Oh God!!! Who did we offend in this Country This is outrageous!

If you are an architect or have actually engaged one, you should know that their cost is 5-15% of the cost of the building. From start to finish, everything that will be done on that surveyed land even in 5years time.
From the above report, it means the building will cost in the region 9f 5-10billion. Worry about the cost of the building not the architect bill. Thanks.

Is the Lagos office not functional? why build another one just to relocate them to Abuja? 1.4 billion just for design is a big fraud, it has been padded to siphon money.

The project is unnecessary & wasteful. people are not being paid well, we are busy building gigantic structures, using it as an avenue to steal from the federal purse.

That is how Hadi Sirika went abroad and defrauded Nigeria with air Nigeria Logo that cost billions too, till date, not even a bird with air Nigeria logo have been seen to fly through airspace.

garamah:


That's a lie bro, China is building a 55km long bridge across the sea with $20bn all inclusive of design, building etc, if it's Nigeria, it will be like x100 of that with less quality, durability etc. All is a way to waste public funds. Thank you.

Convert $20bn to naira we want to see the amount and compare it with Nigerian own.

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...

soulpeppersoup:
The comments here show that Nigerians have no ideal of structure. That design bid is low. The proposed building is below international standards and not eco-friendly.

How will the building improve the lives of over 80 million people that are extremely poor? We never achieved any of the millennium development goals. But, we talk of international standards when they want to embark on useless building projects. Nigerian is in dire need of 17 million units of housing.

If DPR knew their work, Nnpc won’t be looting us! Only thing this fools know is to collect offshore pass from Akwa Ibomites

smartblu:


On whether the amount was not too much for design of a building, Kachikwu said that the contract sum was the lowest of the bids.

“The highest bid was about N3bn; the total projected potential cost for the building when it is done is about N35bn.


“So if you look at that as a percentage of the work, it is absolutely insignificant. In international terms, it is very justifiable, it is less than two percent

Let them jjust adopt the architectural plan of one NNPC tower joor and modify it.

soulpeppersoup:
The comments here show that Nigerians have no ideal of structure. That design bid is low. The proposed building is below international standards and not eco-friendly.

They should take over Federal Secretariat in Lagos or such idle structures. Or better still completely relocate to the Niger Delta . Wetin de m dey do for Lagos? Take prototype plan of NNPC towers and build it there. Me, I am not happy with this decision.

Johnrake69:


How will the building improve the lives of over 80 million people that are extremely poor? We never achieved any of the millennium development goals. But, we talk of international standards when they want to embark on useless building projects. Nigerian is in dire need of 17 million units of housing.

Do you know how many people that work under that firm that receive salaries?
The you know the cost executing the project?

That is not a one man business, it's a company the gave the quote. That maybe the only project they will handle in a year.

citizenY:



They should take over Federal Secretariat in Lagos or such idle structures. Or better still completely relocate to the Niger Delta . Wetin de m dey do for Lagos? Take prototype plan of NNPC towers and build it there. Me, I am not happy with this decision.

That is good thinking from you but architectural wise it's not.

Architecture is about structural evolution.

soulpeppersoup:


That is good thinking from you but architectural wise it's not.

Architecture is about structural evolution.

Evolution is for people who have less needs. Where is the wisdom in leaving that place fallow?

soulpeppersoup:


It's not.

For Design not building ohh
So building will be howmuch

quincyshakur:
Jesu! Y nah..Y dis country b lik dis nah a whole 1.2bil for ordinary design

When whites insult us, we cry. They are so right. The masses are the biggest fools in black lands.. We all sit down and watch these criminals insult us.

It is madness. Sometimes I wish I live in abuja or Lagos, I would av protested all alone.. We can't achieve anything in this country if the masses just sit down and complain online..

And seriously, this project should av been built in one of the oil producing states at a lesser cost.

smartblu:


On whether the amount was not too much for design of a building, Kachikwu said that the contract sum was the lowest of the bids.

“The highest bid was about N3bn; the total projected potential cost for the building when it is done is about N35bn.


“So if you look at that as a percentage of the work, it is absolutely insignificant. In international terms, it is very justifiable, it is less than two percent

It is quite unfortunate that this minister does not know his mathematics. 1.4b is 4% of 35b. Not less than 2%

MyGeneration:

Are you sure u understand what the article says?

No, what's it all about Cox I didn't read through....

soulpeppersoup:

It's not.

why is it not outrageous

If it was a private building belonging to Ibe or any of the FEC member, would they pay such amount for design alone. We are just sick in this country, NNPC that is not directly generating any fund for Nigeria.

Its pitiable that the minister doesn't know his mathematics. And an accountant should have explained the meaning of the word "insignificant" to him.

soulpeppersoup:
The comments here show that Nigerians have no ideal of structure. That design bid is low. The proposed building is below international standards and not eco-friendly.

Asin ehn, bunch of ignorant folks who have no idea what design entails and they are scale of fees for such projects.