Tag: FEC
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2019 budget: Buhari to preside over Special FEC session Friday
A special Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting will hold on Friday to finalise works on the 2019 budget, the Presidency has announced. President Muhammadu Buhari will preside over meeting which is to exhaustively deliberate on the budget before transmitting it to the National Assembly for passage. The Council had in October approved the 2019-2021 Medium…
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Ogoni Clean Up: FEC approves $200M; Ministry releases $177M – Minister
* Environmental issues are taking dangerous dimensions- Chidoka The Minister of State for Environment Mr Ibrahim Usman Jibril has said that the Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of $200 million while only $177 million has been released for the clean up of the environmental pollution in Ogoni land in Rivers State. This is…
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FEC awards contract for repairs of Lagos-Badagry Expressway
The Federal Executive Committee on Wednesday awarded a contract for the repair of the Lagos Badagry Expressway. This was revealed in a tweet on the Government of Nigeria Twitter handle, @Asorock. It was revealed that the contract would be focused on the 46 kilometres stretch of the road from Agbara-Badagry-Seme Border. However, the…
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FEC approves implementation of no work, no pay principle during strike
The Federal Executive Council has approved the implementation of the no work, no pay principle when workers go on strike in the federal public service. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while briefing State House Correspondents after FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu…
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Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting with many ministers in attendance. The meeting started one hour before the usual 11:00 a.m. commencement time. In the past, many cabinet members found reasons to stay away from such meetings when President Muhammadu Buhari was out of the country.…
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FEC approves N72.9bn for road reconstruction in Lagos
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N72.9 billion for reconstruction of road linking Creek Road to Tincan Island, Oworonshoki and Toll gate at the Lagos end of Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu…
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FEC directs health minister to standby against Ebola
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday directed the Federal Ministry of Health to step up surveillance team against the deadly Ebola virus. The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the Council…
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FEC approves additional N80b for rehabilitation Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N143.2 billion contracts for construction of roads and bridges across the country. Among these is an additional N80 billion voted for the Lagos -Ibadan expressway. This will take care of the rehabilitation of 84 kilometers section two (Ibadan to Sagamu) of the nation’s busiest expressway. The Council last…
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FEC approves N64.108b for Lagos-Ibadan road project
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N64.108 billion for additional work on 43 kilometres’ part of section one of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, who spoke with reporters after about six hours’ FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said it was…
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FEC approves dredging of Warri-Escravos seaport for N13bn
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved the dredging of the Warri- Escravos seaport for N13 billion. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, announced this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting. The approval followed the presentation of the proposal early…