FEC okays N35.6bn roads, bridges

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N35.6 billion for construction of roads and bridges in some parts of the country.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting in Abuja.
He said N8.9 billion was approved by the council for the construction of Ikom Bridge and road in Calabar, Cross River state, saying the road and the bridge, with a completion period of 24 months, would create access to the port for trailers to move freely with their containers.
The minister told journalists that N11.78 billion was approved for Nguru–Gashua-Balmari road in Yobe state while N8.6 billion was approved for Ilorin–Kishi road in Kwara state.
He said the council also approved N5.4 billion for a road project in Abia state, and N933 million for automatic meter reading equipment for Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
“The other project that was approved relates to power and this is the approval to procure at the request of the TCN an automatic meter reading machine and services – that will include the installation of equipment and also the training of engineers, auditors, IT engineers who will operate and maintain the system.
The total installation period is 18 months, supply and installation,” he said.
He said the wholesale metres are different from the retail ones, stressing that smooth implementation of the wholesale metres would help in dispute resolution as data can be easily produced online and eliminate all delays in the system