FEC Approves Multiple Projects Worth N377b, Meeting Continues On Thursday

-
Image result for nigeria Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting,
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting last Wednesday approved multiple projects worth over N377.53 billion for projects covering roads, power, education, water, health among other projects, after over six hours meeting, considered the longest in this administration, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This was disclosed by the Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello in a briefing with State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting.
Fashola, said council approved the completion of Police Service Commission headquarters in Abuja and the Nnamdi Azikiwe Mausoleum in Anambra State which was started but not completed from the previous administration
He said council also approved road projects, which include Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria to Kano, at the cost of N155.7 billion and Efire-Araromi-Aiyede-Aiyela road to connect Ondo and Ogun State at cost of N14.4 billion.
Fashola said council also approved the provision of independent power plant to nine universities and one teaching hospital as the first phase of the pilot programme to cover 37 universities at the cost of N38.965 billion to provide dedicated power to the universities, which include street lighting and workshop to train the students post-completion.
Amaechi said council approved production and distribution of core text books for early education classes 1-3 and for primary 4-6 in public schools nationwide.
“Council also gave approval for Jos Central Library and the construction of the faculty of animal sciences and engineering,” he said
“For Ministry of Transport, we had approval for two vessels called pilot cutters to escort vessels into the seaport. Prior to this time, they were hiring now. We have approval for NPA to buy theirs at the cost of N1.9 billion.
Also council approved another two vessels of 17 meters in the eastern port that will help monitor and assist vessels into the seaport at the cost of N1.2 billion.”
The FCT Minister said council approved the completion of the Goodluck Jonathan Way in the FCT that links traffic from Keffi-Nyanya into the city.
Meanwhile, Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, said that the FEC would continue on Thursday saying the meeting has only gone half way into the over 40 memos for consideration.
He said the meeting was extended to today to enable the council deliberate and take decisions on pending issues saying the Federal Government plans to make Nigerians happy by providing tangible and meaningful projects to uplift their quality of life.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Population of Doctors in Nigeria Hits 74,543

-
Image
  The number of registered medical doctors in Nigeria has risen to 74,543. According to the federal government statistics, as at 2018, the stock of professionally regulated health workers in Nigeria health sector has also recorded a significant increase. The population equates to 36.3 percent of medical doctors per 100,000 population (doctor to population ratio of 1: 2753). Fifty-nine percent of the registered medical practitioners were in good standing with 35 percent being females. While presenting the statistics at a one-day workshop on Nigeria Health Workforce for Universal Health Coverage organised by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Abuja, Deputy Director, Human Resource Department, Shakuri Kadiri, said there is a variation in the distribution of medical doctors by state of practice from the reported 2012 density. He said: "The density of medical doctors presented is based on the number of doctors in good stan
Read more

Drug Insecurity: House Urges FG to Fund Indigenous Drug Research

-
Image
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the federal government to invest more in the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development in order to encourage local and indigenous research. The House also urged the government to revisit the National Drug Policy as a way to promote and boost the medical industry. It directed its Committees on Health Institutions, Health Care Services and Science and Technology to organise a round table discussion to chart a probable course for the development of locally made drugs. The resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion titled: 'Need to check the Rise of Drug Insecurity and to encourage Indigenous Production of Drugs in Nigeria', which was moved by Hon. Dennis Idahosa at the plenary. Moving the motion, Idahosa said the House is aware that China has recently been inflicted with the coronavirus disease which has paralysed its economy, thus rendering it unable to produce or
Read more

Court Stops National Assembly From Taking Over Bauchi Assembly

-
Image
As the National Assembly received a report from the committee it sent to Bauchi State to probe the leadership crisis rocking the state assembly since its inauguration last month, the state high court on Monday issued an order of interim injunction ordering that the present Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman and Danlami Kawule respectively,   should continue leading the assembly pending the determination of the suit before it. Justice Muazu Abubakar, who issued the order, fixed October 3, 2019, for hearing of the motion and substantive application filed by the speaker, deputy speaker and other 11 members of the assembly who participated in the assembly election. Abubakar said after listening to and considering the submissions made by the lawyers of the applicants Barrister Jibrin Sa'id Jibrin, A.S Idris and U.K Adam, he hereby ordered that status qou between the parties in the suit be maintained until the determination of the motion on notice. I
Read more