FEC approves N700m for construction works in 6 federal secretariats

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FEC approves N700m for construction works in 6 federal secretariats

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved funds for the ongoing construction of federal secretariats in six states.

The approval was given at a meeting of the council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola; and the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, spoke to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.

Fashola said work on the six federal secretariats which are in various stages of completion had been stalled since 2012.

He listed the states concerned to include Anambra, Bayelsa, Zamfara, Nassarawa, Gombe and Osun.

A total of N700m was approved.

In his explanation, Fashola stated that the change in costs to the change in designs, among others.

“The approved cost variation has already been captured in the 2016 budget. With the approval of the variation, we can re-mobilise workers back to site,” he said.