The sum of N109.187bn has been approved by The Federal Executive Council [FEC], for roads and hostel renovation in four states in the country.
Babatunde Fashola, The Minister of Works and Housing, told reporters in the State House that his ministry presented two memoranda to the council.
He said:
“The first one was to aid the completion of the Enugu – Lokponta section of the Enugu – Port Harcourt highway, it was augmentation of existing contract by N25bn, the council approved that augmentation. “The second memorandum was the award of three different roads.
“The first is Dikwa-Marte-Mungunu road for N60. 273bn and the Numan road linking Borno and Adamawa for N15.527bn and the third is for Gombi-Biu linking Adamawa and Borno also for N7.643bn.”
Also The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the FEC approved an agreement between the Kaduna Polytechnic and an investor to renovate 18 blocks of student hostels.
The contract, which is a 15-year concession at the cost of N744,264m, is under a Renovate, Operate, Maintain and Transfer arrangement.
Adamu stated:
“There are 18 blocks of hostels and each room in a block will house four students. “The total number of students to be housed will be 4,032.”
Geoffrey Onyeama, The Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the country is on course to change its foreign policy direction “reflect the reality of today and the reality of national interest”.
He further stated that the ministry had helped Nigerians reach commendable heights to secure top positions at regional and continental organisations.
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