FEC approves N44.5 billion contract for roads, power projects
The approval was granted at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
FEC equally approved the sum of N8.1 billion for the completion of the rehabilitation of some roads across Nigeria.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who spoke to Journalists at the end of the meeting, which happens to be the last for the year 2020 listed the benefiting States to include Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Nasarawa, Lagos, Ogun, Kogi, Edo, Yobe and Delta States, as well as the FCT, Abuja.
He said: “The Ministry of Works and Housing presented a memorandum on behalf of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA. This was for general repairs, emergency repairs and maintenance of roads and critical intervention on 10 roads in different parts of Nigeria.
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved contracts worth N44.5 billion for various projects under the ministries of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Works and Housing, and Power.
Ministers of the respective ministries briefed correspondents at the end of the meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja on Wednesday.
Speaking on the projects in the FCT, the minister, Mohammed Bello, said the council approved contracts for water treatment projects and roads within the territory, to the tune N31,630,221,349.