The Federal Executive Council presided over by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved contracts worth N27.4bn for projects in the Ministry of Works and Housing, and the Federal Capital Territory.
The council also approved the establishment of the Federal University of Health Sciences and the raising of a bill for the enactment of the Civil Defense, Corrections, Fire, Immigration Services Board.
Also approved was the payment of N895m to Pearl Consultants for the supervision of a Rivers road project.
The ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; FCT, Mohammed Bello; Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, gave a breakdown of the approvals during a briefing with State House correspondents, shortly after the virtual FEC meeting.
Fashola said his ministry presented two memoranda, both of which were approved by the council.
He said, “On behalf of the Ministry of Works and Housing, I presented two memoranda to the council, the first was to appoint the consultant to undertake the supervision consultancy for the construction of the Bodo-Bonny Road and bridge, which was previously awarded by the council.
“The second memorandum was for the award of the contract for the rehabilitation of the Idah-Nsukka Road, an 84-kilometer road linking Kogi and Enugu states which Council approved for the sum of N26.17bn in favour of a joint venture of Messrs. Sajeto Construction and RN Construction,” he said.
