16 Sep Highlights FEC Meeting
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved about N38.4 billion for the completion of road projects in Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Imo, and Nasarawa states which were inherited from previous administrations; and N10.7bn for an irrigation project in Sokoto State
The meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the roads “are not new projects, they are projects that we inherited and are trying to complete. So essentially they relate to cost revision because of the ages of the contracts and the prices of goods that have changed.
* Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said Council approved the sum of N10.7 million as augmentation for the completion of the Middle Rima Valley Irrigation Project in Sokoto State.
He said, “This contract was started in 1999 by the military administration then, the first phase was completed, comprising 873 hectares. Phase II was started in 2007 and that is what we have been struggling to complete. It is also an inherited project.”
* Before the meeting, President Buhari swore in three National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). They are Dr Baba Bila representing the North-East zone; Professor Sani Adam, North-Central and Professor Abdullahi Abdu, representing North-West.
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