FEC okays N1.44trn agency contracts, acquire of 7,887 – Journal Today Web

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Tinubu, has authorised the feat of agency projects in different states of the federation worth most N1,455,17,000,000.

Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, unconcealed this patch briefing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the council gathering held at the Council Chambers, Abuja.

He crosspiece against the scenery of the directive by FEC stepping downbound whatever projects on July 10 to enable a review.

He said modify though whatever added projects were similarly stepped downbound in Monday’s session, the council authorised individual projects.

Umahi explained: “The prototypal digit is rehabilitation of Abeokuta-Iboro-Ilaro Road in Ogun state. It’s a lessen whatever of N57bn authorised by FEC today for Strabic Construction.

“The ordinal digit is the agency from Mubi to metropolis Road land three. The lessen is authorised for a amount assets of N89bn and this is an NNPC project, it is existence reviewed and authorised for N89bn amount lessen assets and that is for MESSRS Decency Associates Limited.

“Then the ordinal send authorised today was Mubi to metropolis Section Two. The news most this is that we hit sections 1,2,3,4. Section 1 is an current project. Then land 2 was not awarded to a contractor. Section 3 is an current send and then land 4 was awarded to Zephagold. But the controller of Borno land wrote that he is already on this land 4 and the employ is most existence completed. So, he requested that we go backwards to Section 2, where there is no lessen ongoing.

“And so by feat backwards to Section 2, it effectuation that the whole debase of Mubi module hit a debase of current projects. But this land 2 is also rattling bad. So, we had to re-procure it on unadaptable pavement. So the change is approved. The change is authorised for 42km at a lessen assets that was awarded before. It’s not accumulated N67bn inherited from the time administration.

“And then we hit the Natalla-Buru in Kano State. We stepped it downbound to countenance for funds. There is no assets for it. So, we stepped it downbound and we liaise with the National Assembly if they module wage us funds.

“So, the incoming digit is the Benin-Akure-Ilesha Road, and that’s 150km by two. So, we’re hunting at 300km here and the amount contracts on his N525 1000000000 awarded to HiTech Construction to ingest objective pavements to do it. So it’s been approved.

“Then we hit the ordinal one; Benin-Akure, by Ilesha. That’s land 2, and that’s 66km awarded to HiTech Construction. To undergo that this send has been on in outlay of procurements in Sept 2023. It is conception of the added budget but because we didn’t hit sufficiency funding, we couldn’t inform it but today we hit threesome stretches of funding. And that’s ground we are presenting it.

“So, this digit is 66km and it is dualised for N286bn in tendency of HiTech Construction for objective technology.”

“The incoming send is Angingali-Udobi-Udona-Umo-Uwana-Ubalaka. And that is in Imo state, and that is a review. It is an NNPC send existence reviewed from N14bn to N26.46bn.

“And then you hit Ojo-Odum-Okuku Road Benue State is stepped downbound for analyse and to be brought backwards in the incoming FEC.

“We hit added NNPC send and that is the rehabilitation of Aba-Owerri Road, NNPC store pike in Abia state, and the send has been reviewed in tendency of a rudo Nigeria restricted in the assets of N21 billion.

“We hit added send feat from Odukpani Itu in Ikot-Ekpene in Cross Rivers State and it’s existence handled by CCECC. This is digit of the companies that we are probable to aggregative every their projects crossways the land and concord with them on mark termination and how such they crapper dispense patch we today concord on commercialism schedule.

“So, this send has been reviewed from N50 1000000000 to N79 1000000000 because the terrain is rattling bad. And we definite to ingest improved objective paseo to do the digit posture ways.

“Then we hit the rehabilitation of Enugu-Port Harcourt again by CCECC. They had started the send most quaternary eld backwards at the Port Harcourt axis and they’re feat towards  Aba and the send is revised from N63 1000000000 to N83 1000000000 in souvenir of CCECC.

“Then we hit Igomu Bridge, also an inherited send in a rattling grave condition, the bearings are gone. You hit a concrete-to-concrete occurrence and a conception of the denture was also burnt. So, we had to do a amount acquisition to rehabilitate it. And it’s a amount of 19.87 1000000000 in tendency of Buildwell Nigeria Limited.

“We hit digit send in Umuahia to Aba by Semite Contractors, and that is the Aba land which was stepped downbound to be reviewed. But the send is 85 proportionality in completion.

Then we hit the terminal land of the Ikot-Ekpene agency from Akwa Ibom and it’s existence finished by Julius Berger and the send is reviewed from N54 1000000000 to N90 billionn and to be procured and executed in improved concrete.

“And we hit the Ore-Ondo-Akure Road which is low primary participation cod to high and that is 24 months continuance for a amount lessen assets of N134 1000000000 in tendency of CBC Nigeria Limited that module ingest objective because of the terrain.

“And lastly, you hit the Ofin-Oreta Road, Ikorodu in metropolis land and that send is in tendency of GRB for a cerebration punctuation of 18 months for N27.9 billion. That’s every that we got support for today.”

The council also authorised the acquire of 7,887 dialysis consumables to compound aid admittance for citizens pain from kidney diseases.

Minister of Health and Coordinating Minister for Social Work, calif Pate, who addressed State House Correspondents, said the support aims to come the ascension figure of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

The consumables module be diffuse crossways heptad federal tertiary hospitals, including the University of Dahomey Teaching Hospital and the National Hospital in Abuja.

Pate emphasised the grandness of hindrance alongside treatment, lightness plans for open upbeat screenings and style modifications to turn forthcoming cases of kidney disease

“In postscript of the President’s efforts including reaction the outlay of admittance to upbeat tending services considering the vast non contractable disease that we undergo in Nigeria, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, individual tube diseases, council today authorised the digit of acquire of 7,887 sets of dialysis consumables, for the ingest of Nigerians who are pain from habitual disease in heptad of our federal tertiary hospitals.

“These hospitals are University of Dahomey Teaching Hospital, agent Medical Center in Ebuta Metta, agent Medical Center in Owerri, the National Hospital, Abuja, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, University Teaching  Hospital in  Maiduguri and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi.

“This is an try to attain it inexpensive the outlay of communication for those who undergo from whole disease finished dialysis. It’s a start, but handling with kidney disease requires not exclusive dialysis but also prevention. That’s conception of the efforts of the agent Ministry of Health to secure that we preclude cases of hypertension, diabetes that advancement to kidney disease. We’re hunting at display so that Nigerians module be healthy to concealment themselves for hypertension, diabetes, but also intend the style change so that we hit inferior and inferior grouping requiring dialysis. But for those who are affected, we undergo that the outlay of admittance to that is a field impediment. This try by Mr. President is to alter comfort within the environment of individual added contract measures to secure that Nigerians hit admittance to grave upbeat tending services. And with this approval, we’ll wage those and I conceive it module alter comfort to some Nigerians and their families for accessing dances, services. They’re rattling such necessary in our country,” he said.

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, declared that the agent Executive Council (FEC) has authorised threesome key memos aimed at combating evildoing and immorality in Nigeria.

He distinct a broad strategy involving investigation, prosecution, and post-conviction processes, action planetary cooperation, specially with Spain. The agreements assist the mercantilism of information, resource in apprehending fugitives, and the designate of guilty individuals to help sentences in their bag countries.

He asserted that these measures secure that criminals cannot escape justice, reinforcing the government’s dedication to a burly jural framework.