FG Approves N3bn For NCDC Lab Equipment

The Federal Government has approved N3.07bn for the purchase of
various laboratory equipment by the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control across the country.

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this after the
Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.

He said, “The Ministry of Health presented a memo on behalf of
NCDC public health laboratory specialist and for Centre for Disease
Control.

“It is for six contracts for laboratory equipment and the total
worth of N3,070,892,988 for various equipment and supply, to
strengthen the work of NCDC in various parts of the country, to be
more ready for the work they do in diagnostics preparedness, not
only for COVID-19 but for any other disease outbreak of public
interest in the future.”

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the
council approved the revised estimate total cost of the
Enugu-Onitsha Highway which is N8.65bn.

“Variation was to cater for the change of the pavement surface,
the binder course and the wearing course to increase thickness and
also to utilise modified bitumen and also to strengthen the
shoulders and some bridge works.

“Council approved the variation of N8.649bn in favour of Niger
Construction,” he said.

The Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning,
Clement Agba, said the council approved a memo on the reviewed
National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan 2020 to 2043.

He said, “The maiden Master Plan was from 2014 to 2043 and
embedded in it as a living document is that it ought to be reviewed
every five years. There are about seven asset classes that are
contained in the master plan.

“This is in the areas of transportation, energy, ICT,
agriculture, water and mining, social infrastructure, housing and
regional development, security and vital registration.

“The maiden edition didn’t have the macro economic framework
embedded in it but with the reviewed update that has been approved
today by the council, it includes macro-economic framework.

“It also allows for the establishment of the National Council on
Infrastructure under the Chairmanship of the Vice President to
provide policy direction and infrastructure related materials.”

The Federal Government has approved N3.07bn for the purchase of
various laboratory equipment by the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control across the country.

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this after the
Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.

He said, “The Ministry of Health presented a memo on behalf of
NCDC public health laboratory specialist and for Centre for Disease
Control.

“It is for six contracts for laboratory equipment and the total
worth of N3,070,892,988 for various equipment and supply, to
strengthen the work of NCDC in various parts of the country, to be
more ready for the work they do in diagnostics preparedness, not
only for COVID-19 but for any other disease outbreak of public
interest in the future.”

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the
council approved the revised estimate total cost of the
Enugu-Onitsha Highway which is N8.65bn.

“Variation was to cater for the change of the pavement surface,
the binder course and the wearing course to increase thickness and
also to utilise modified bitumen and also to strengthen the
shoulders and some bridge works.

“Council approved the variation of N8.649bn in favour of Niger
Construction,” he said.

The Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning,
Clement Agba, said the council approved a memo on the reviewed
National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan 2020 to 2043.

He said, “The maiden Master Plan was from 2014 to 2043 and
embedded in it as a living document is that it ought to be reviewed
every five years. There are about seven asset classes that are
contained in the master plan.

“This is in the areas of transportation, energy, ICT,
agriculture, water and mining, social infrastructure, housing and
regional development, security and vital registration.

“The maiden edition didn’t have the macro economic framework
embedded in it but with the reviewed update that has been approved
today by the council, it includes macro-economic framework.

“It also allows for the establishment of the National Council on
Infrastructure under the Chairmanship of the Vice President to
provide policy direction and infrastructure related materials.”