FEC okays N29.7bn for road, water projects

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved water and road projects valued at N29.7bn, including a contract for the construction of a dual carriage way linking Abuja to Kaduna State at the cost of N28bn.

The other project approved by FEC was a contract for the provision of water facilities in the Asokoro Extension of the Federal Capital Territory in the sum of N1.7bn.

Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, said this while addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, which was presided over by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.

The minister explained that the contract for the Abuja-Kaduna road, which is part of the Lower Usman Dam Project Part 11, had a completion period of 24 months.

Onolememem said the project would have a “salutary effect on the city.”