The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contracts worth
N1.59 trillion for the procurement of 16 patrol boats and 427
operational vehicles for the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS),
extension of the University of Ibadan (UI) Library as well as the
construction of an office complex for the Federal Inland Revenue
Service (FIRS) in Ilupeju, Lagos.
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The Council, at its 47th weekly virtual meeting presided over by
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja, approved the contracts.
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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab
Ahmed, and the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka
Nwajiuba, gave the breakdown of the contracts awarded while
speaking with newsmen after the FEC meeting.
Ahmed disclosed that all the four memos presented by her
ministry for the purchase of operational vehicles and speed boats
for the NIS as well as the construction of an office complex for
the FIRS were approved by FEC.
She gave the breakdown of the approved contracts to include the
construction of N539.2 billion FIRS building in Ilupeju, Lagos with
the completion period of 52 weeks; the design, construction and
supply of two NC36M Customs patrol boats at a cost of N5.06 billion
with a delivery period of 12 months.
Other FEC approvals for her ministry, she said, included the
design, construction and supply of seven Customs fast assault
patrol boats and seven regular patrol boats, at a total cost of
N501.47 billion with a delivery period of eight weeks and the
procurement of 427 patrol vehicles for the NIS at a cost of N14.5
billion with a delivery period of four months.
According to the minister, “The purpose of the purchase of the
two types of petrol boats is to enhance the efficiency and
effectiveness of operations of the Nigerian Customs Service in its
bid to control smuggling and also ensure enhanced efficiency in all
customs duty operations in the Marine Unit of the Nigerian Customs
Service.”
On his part, the Minister of State for Education stressed that
FEC approved the award of N532.6 million contract for the
construction and furnishing of the extension of the library of UI
with a completion period of 48 weeks.
Justifying the need for the extension of the UI library,
Nwajiuba attributed it to the increase in the students population
using the library.
He said: “For many years, the library of the University of
Ibadan had needed real extension, given the surge of the student
population.
“The extension project will comprise two suspended floors, two
online reading areas, three cubicles, one physically challenged
reading area, four seminar rooms, one reprographic unit, six staff
offices, one control room, general rooms, stores, four e-libraries,
a coffee room, a media unit room, one galaxy exhibition room and a
journal publication unit, in addition to two reading areas.”
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contracts worth
N1.59 trillion for the procurement of 16 patrol boats and 427
operational vehicles for the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS),
extension of the University of Ibadan (UI) Library as well as the
construction of an office complex for the Federal Inland Revenue
Service (FIRS) in Ilupeju, Lagos.
The Council, at its 47th weekly virtual meeting presided over by
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja, approved the contracts.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab
Ahmed, and the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka
Nwajiuba, gave the breakdown of the contracts awarded while
speaking with newsmen after the FEC meeting.
Ahmed disclosed that all the four memos presented by her
ministry for the purchase of operational vehicles and speed boats
for the NIS as well as the construction of an office complex for
the FIRS were approved by FEC.
She gave the breakdown of the approved contracts to include the
construction of N539.2 billion FIRS building in Ilupeju, Lagos with
the completion period of 52 weeks; the design, construction and
supply of two NC36M Customs patrol boats at a cost of N5.06 billion
with a delivery period of 12 months.
Other FEC approvals for her ministry, she said, included the
design, construction and supply of seven Customs fast assault
patrol boats and seven regular patrol boats, at a total cost of
N501.47 billion with a delivery period of eight weeks and the
procurement of 427 patrol vehicles for the NIS at a cost of N14.5
billion with a delivery period of four months.
According to the minister, “The purpose of the purchase of the
two types of petrol boats is to enhance the efficiency and
effectiveness of operations of the Nigerian Customs Service in its
bid to control smuggling and also ensure enhanced efficiency in all
customs duty operations in the Marine Unit of the Nigerian Customs
Service.”
On his part, the Minister of State for Education stressed that
FEC approved the award of N532.6 million contract for the
construction and furnishing of the extension of the library of UI
with a completion period of 48 weeks.
Justifying the need for the extension of the UI library,
Nwajiuba attributed it to the increase in the students population
using the library.
He said: “For many years, the library of the University of
Ibadan had needed real extension, given the surge of the student
population.
“The extension project will comprise two suspended floors, two
online reading areas, three cubicles, one physically challenged
reading area, four seminar rooms, one reprographic unit, six staff
offices, one control room, general rooms, stores, four e-libraries,
a coffee room, a media unit room, one galaxy exhibition room and a
journal publication unit, in addition to two reading areas.”