The Ministry of Works and Housing on Wednesday got approval
from the Federal Executive Council to award a N15billion contract for the
construction of an access road from the existing Benin-Asaba highway to join
the link road in Delta State to the 2nd Niger Bridge.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who
standing-in for the Works Ministry, said the project was preparatory to the
commissioning of the bridge before the expiration of the administration.
FEC equally gave nod to the Ministry to revise the estimated
total cost of the contract for the dualisation of Suleja-Minna road, phase one,
in Niger State.
The Minister said the contract, which originally stood at
N9billion, would be augmented with N16billion, bringing the new cost to
N25billion.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed also said FEC approved a memorandum of
the Ministry of Petroleum Resources recommending the 7-year renewal of
consultancy services for the ministry to save foreign exchange on some official
engagements, such as the Nigeria International Energy Summit.
Similarly, the Ministry of Water Resources got FEC approval
to award a contract for the construction of Jato dam, in Esako-west Local
Government in Edo State to provide potable water and for all-year-round
farming.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed explained that the Edo State Government
had undertaken to under-write 25% of the N8million contract sum, which
translates to N2billion.
The National Population Commission also got approval to spend
N2.8 billion on the procurement of the series of software it require to conduct
the forthcoming census successfully in May, this year.
FEC also approved variations on the contract sums for the
completion of the 33KVA sub-stations in Nnewi and a line-bay extention at
Onitsha sub-stations.
Briefing State House correspondents on the approval, the
Minister of Power, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, said the variations, which stood at
€3.7m and over N1b, would escalate the total sum to over €5m and about N9b.
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