FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVES N6.17B FOR DUALIZATION OF IKOT EKPENE - ABA

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVES N6.17B FOR DUALIZATION OF IKOT EKPENE - ABA - OWERRI ROAD

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the sum of N6.17 billion for augmentation of the contract for the construction of Ikot-Ekpene border-Aba-Owerri Road, Section 1, Phase 1.
Alh. Suleiman Zarma, the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Zarma said that the contract was awarded in 2012, but the augmentation had to come following some observations by the contractor.
“FEC has given approval for the augmentation of the contract for construction of Ikot-Ekpene border-Aba-Owerri Road, Section 1, Phase 1 and the length is 11.26km.
“The contract was awarded in 2012 to Arab Contractors at the cost of N3.78bn; it came up for augmentation because the contractor actually observed some failures in the contract around some sections of the road.
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has expressed readiness to collaborate with the Edo State Chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), on capacity building for women ahead of the 2019 general elections.
“Actually, it is a one lane, but with the augmentation now, it will be dualised; the contract period is 12 months and the cost after augmentation is now N6.17 billion,’’ he said.
On her part, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, said that FEC had also approved the revised estimated total cost for the completion of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development Headquarters in Abuja.
Abubakar said that the building was initially conceived to be the National Children’s Library and Resource Centre which was approved in 2006.

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