The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N39.771bn for
various road maintenance contracts in different parts of the
country.
Briefing State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the
virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at
the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Works and
Housing Babatunde Fasola and Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, gave breakdowns of the
approvals.
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Fasola said the contracts approved, from a memorandum he
presented on behalf of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA),
three in all, are part of the 191 road repairs it has to undertake
in the 2020 Budget.
“The memorandum we presented today was on behalf of FERMA. FERMA
is the parastatal of the Ministry of Works and Housing responsible
for maintenance of federal roads.
“During the meetings of the Economic Sustainability Committee
set up to manage the impact of Covid, one of the responsibilities
of FERMA is to execute extensive labour works on road repairs and
the budget of 2020 was then amended to deal with Covid impact.
“As a result of that, FERMA then had a total of 191 road
repairs, road rehabilitation, road intervention projects
nationwide. 92 of those projects have been awarded by FERMA at its
threshold level. 89 of them have been approved by the ministry at
the ministerial tenders board threshold level.
“So, all of those projects are now being issued letters of
award, mobilization, and others. Now, there are 10 that require to
come to Federal Executive Council because of their financial
threshold level. Out of those 10 projects, three were presented
today.
“So, those three presented and approved by council today was for
Gasamu-Hamshi-Gogoram road in Yobe State for N14.528billion to
MotherCat, the link road connecting Uneme-Tusamu-Odoga to Okpekpe
in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State for
N991.851million, and Mamabu Donga Local Government Area road in
Taraba South Local Government Area of Taraba State to Wishchina
Engineering Limited for N6.397 billion.
“These are late third quarter, early fourth quarter
interventions to respond to the Covid impact on the economy. This
will tell you some of the things the Minister of Finance was saying
that Economic Sustainability Plan implementation is what will take
us out of recession. So, you see efforts to do that and so many
other departments doing different things. This is our
responsibility” he said.
Adesina said approval was given for contracts for emergency
procurement of first and second quarters 2020 soil erosion/flood
and pollution control accelerated intervention projects to the tune
of N17.8 billion.
“Approval for award of contracts for emergency procurement of
first and second quarters 2020 soil erosion/flood and pollution
control accelerated intervention projects in favour of various
contractors in the sum of N17.754,717,234.41 inclusive of 7.5
percent VAT with various completion/delivery period.
“Gully erosion and control along Ndam/Agbor road, Nnobi and Alor
towns in Idemili/South LGA, Phase two, Anambra State (to Telesis
Limited) N.495,878,764 – 18 months
“Erosion and flood menace beside Yem Kem House along Oye-Ifaki
road, Oye LGA (Strabic Construction Ltd.) N792,311,211.11) – nine
months
“Somolu/Bariga LGA/ Akoka/Ilaje community, Akoka-Lagos flood and
erosion control project, Lagos State (Partibon Services Ltd.)
N1.786,146,630.98 – 10 months
“Gully erosion control at Egbo-Ideh community, Ugheli South LGA,
Delta State (Harris & Dome Nigeria Ltd.) N1,328,306,924.00 – 24
months.
“Gully erosion control and road improvement works in Darazo LGA,
Bauchi State (Powerhill Construction Ltd.) N3,897,577,627.79 – 24
months.
“Gully erosion control works at Ladanal community, Nasarawa LGA,
Kano State (U.Y.K. Nigeria Ltd.) N1,337,681,584.69 – eight
month
“Devastating effect of gully erosion in Gboko township, Benue
State (Gaffar Worldwide Resources Ltd.) N1.503,970.714.83 – 12
months
“Erosion and flood control works in Wase and Bashar towns, Wase
LGA, Plateau State (Global Legend Integrated Concept Ltd.)
N1,687,162,328.95 – 14 months.
“Gully erosion control and road improvement works along Plot
1398, off Kainji Crescent and Katampe Extension, FCT, Abuja (IMB
Corporate Synergy Ltd.) N555,569,610.76 – six months.
“Soil erosion, River channelisation and slope protection within
Maitama District (Phase II, FCT, Abuja (Masarki Nigeria Ltd.)
N1,887,495,486.63 – 12 months.
“Supply and installation of 12 nos. on site flameless/smell-less
incinerator (50kg/he) for the national blood transfusion centres in
some federal medical centres and teaching hospitals (Black Wheel
Multi-Links Ltd.) N823.677,900.00 – six months
“Supply and installation of six numbers containerised
incinerators (250kg/her) for the National Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) one in each geo-political zone (STJ Integrated
Resources Ltd.) N658,938,450.00 – six months”, he said.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N39.771bn for
various road maintenance contracts in different parts of the
country.
Briefing State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the
virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at
the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Works and
Housing Babatunde Fasola and Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, gave breakdowns of the
approvals.
Fasola said the contracts approved, from a memorandum he
presented on behalf of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA),
three in all, are part of the 191 road repairs it has to undertake
in the 2020 Budget.
“The memorandum we presented today was on behalf of FERMA. FERMA
is the parastatal of the Ministry of Works and Housing responsible
for maintenance of federal roads.
“During the meetings of the Economic Sustainability Committee
set up to manage the impact of Covid, one of the responsibilities
of FERMA is to execute extensive labour works on road repairs and
the budget of 2020 was then amended to deal with Covid impact.
“As a result of that, FERMA then had a total of 191 road
repairs, road rehabilitation, road intervention projects
nationwide. 92 of those projects have been awarded by FERMA at its
threshold level. 89 of them have been approved by the ministry at
the ministerial tenders board threshold level.
“So, all of those projects are now being issued letters of
award, mobilization, and others. Now, there are 10 that require to
come to Federal Executive Council because of their financial
threshold level. Out of those 10 projects, three were presented
today.
“So, those three presented and approved by council today was for
Gasamu-Hamshi-Gogoram road in Yobe State for N14.528billion to
MotherCat, the link road connecting Uneme-Tusamu-Odoga to Okpekpe
in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State for
N991.851million, and Mamabu Donga Local Government Area road in
Taraba South Local Government Area of Taraba State to Wishchina
Engineering Limited for N6.397 billion.
“These are late third quarter, early fourth quarter
interventions to respond to the Covid impact on the economy. This
will tell you some of the things the Minister of Finance was saying
that Economic Sustainability Plan implementation is what will take
us out of recession. So, you see efforts to do that and so many
other departments doing different things. This is our
responsibility” he said.
Adesina said approval was given for contracts for emergency
procurement of first and second quarters 2020 soil erosion/flood
and pollution control accelerated intervention projects to the tune
of N17.8 billion.
“Approval for award of contracts for emergency procurement of
first and second quarters 2020 soil erosion/flood and pollution
control accelerated intervention projects in favour of various
contractors in the sum of N17.754,717,234.41 inclusive of 7.5
percent VAT with various completion/delivery period.
“Gully erosion and control along Ndam/Agbor road, Nnobi and Alor
towns in Idemili/South LGA, Phase two, Anambra State (to Telesis
Limited) N.495,878,764 – 18 months
“Erosion and flood menace beside Yem Kem House along Oye-Ifaki
road, Oye LGA (Strabic Construction Ltd.) N792,311,211.11) – nine
months
“Somolu/Bariga LGA/ Akoka/Ilaje community, Akoka-Lagos flood and
erosion control project, Lagos State (Partibon Services Ltd.)
N1.786,146,630.98 – 10 months
“Gully erosion control at Egbo-Ideh community, Ugheli South LGA,
Delta State (Harris & Dome Nigeria Ltd.) N1,328,306,924.00 – 24
months.
“Gully erosion control and road improvement works in Darazo LGA,
Bauchi State (Powerhill Construction Ltd.) N3,897,577,627.79 – 24
months.
“Gully erosion control works at Ladanal community, Nasarawa LGA,
Kano State (U.Y.K. Nigeria Ltd.) N1,337,681,584.69 – eight
month
“Devastating effect of gully erosion in Gboko township, Benue
State (Gaffar Worldwide Resources Ltd.) N1.503,970.714.83 – 12
months
“Erosion and flood control works in Wase and Bashar towns, Wase
LGA, Plateau State (Global Legend Integrated Concept Ltd.)
N1,687,162,328.95 – 14 months.
“Gully erosion control and road improvement works along Plot
1398, off Kainji Crescent and Katampe Extension, FCT, Abuja (IMB
Corporate Synergy Ltd.) N555,569,610.76 – six months.
“Soil erosion, River channelisation and slope protection within
Maitama District (Phase II, FCT, Abuja (Masarki Nigeria Ltd.)
N1,887,495,486.63 – 12 months.
“Supply and installation of 12 nos. on site flameless/smell-less
incinerator (50kg/he) for the national blood transfusion centres in
some federal medical centres and teaching hospitals (Black Wheel
Multi-Links Ltd.) N823.677,900.00 – six months
“Supply and installation of six numbers containerised
incinerators (250kg/her) for the National Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) one in each geo-political zone (STJ Integrated
Resources Ltd.) N658,938,450.00 – six months”, he said.