Highlights of FEC Meeting: 17/02

18 Feb Highlights of FEC Meeting: 17/02

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved N62.047 billion for the execution of various contract proposals presented by the ministries of Water Resources, Works and Housing and Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola; his FCT counterpart, Mohammed Bello; and that of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, gave details of the approvals.

* Works and Housing: Projects approved for Works and Housing include repairs of Benin-Ore-Ajebamdele Road; Akwanga-Keffi-Makurdi highway; construction of 4×20 meters span bridge at kilometer 18 along Langtang-Wase Road in Plateau State

* FCT: the review of the N19.5 billion Southern Parkway project; provision of access road to open up sections of Institute and Research District, Abuja Housing National Defense College, Legislative Institute; the construction of access road and car park for Abuja Light rail stations, Kagini Station

* Water Resources: the abandoned Fika-Gadaka Water Project in Yobe State; revision of the consultancy contract for the supervision of Gere Earth Dam In Katsina