FEC Approves National Flood Emergency Plan, N829m for Road Linking Anambra to Enugu
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the establishment of National Flood Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for Nigeria.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajia Sadiya Faruk, stated this in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the approval.
She explained that the plan was going to be a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder one, with clearly spelt-out roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder involved in flood preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery.
The Minister said the objective was to make Nigeria a nation that would be more resilient, and called on operational stakeholders, including state governments to implement the plan vigorously to achieve the intended goal.
She also stated that the Council approved the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Establishment Bill, 2022.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, who made this known to newsmen after the weekly FEC meeting, at the State House, Abuja, explained that the NSIP Establishment Bill is an Executive Bill, aimed at giving legal backing to the social investment programme, establish it as an institution in line with President Buhari’s agenda, to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.
Also Wednesday, FEC approved the sum of N829.8 million as augmentation for the revised estimated cost for the rehabilitation of a road in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, linking Anambra and Enugu States.
Minister of State for Works and Housing, Umar El-Yakub, who disclosed this to newsmen stressed that “the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing presented a memorandum seeking Council’s approval for the revised estimated total cost of contract for the rehabilitation of Nkwo-Inyi-Akwegoze road in Anambra State’s border with Enugu State.
“The purpose of the memo was to seek Council’s approval for an augmentation of the cost of the project, to the tune of N829, 888, 825.53 with a completion period of six months. One of the essences of this augmentation is not only revising the rate but to ensure more longevity for the road, using asphaltic concrete binder”.
According to him, the contract was originally awarded in 2018 is a strategic inter-state road that has a heavy traffic and its completion would ease the traffic.
Similarly, FEC has given approval to Bilateral Air Service Agreement between Nigeria and the State of Kuwait.
Briefing newsmen on the agreement, the Minister of Aviation, Alhaji Hadi Sirika, also FEC had approved a contract for the engagement of consultants for revalidation and collection of aviation height clearance, on behalf of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
On payment of flight tickets in dollars, Alhaji Sirika said foreign airlines that refuse to accept naira payment would be sanctioned, adding that it is in violation of the law.
”Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has been directed to deal with any of such airlines that are caught flouting the laws”, he said.
