FEC Approves N22.45bn For Petroleum, Environment Ministries
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N22,449,250,040 billion for contracts in the ministries of Petroleum Resources and Environment.
This was disclosed to State House Correspondents after the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Addressing correspondents at the briefing, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said Council approved the sum of N22 billion for the construction of a conference hostel facility for the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
According to him: “The Federal Executive Council today approved the award of contract procurement for the provision of a conference hostel facility in Yenegoa, adjacent the Nigerian Content Towers for the sum of N22 billion and it is to be constructed in 24 months.”
Giving updates on the rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries, Sylva said the Port-Harcourt Refinery would soon become operational adding that the Dangote Refinery would commence operation by January next year.
“So, these issues will gradually be resolved and we will get to the point where Nigeria will be fully supplied from in-country refined products,” he assured.
On why Kaduna and Warri Redineries’ workers were still drawing salaries even when they were not producing anything, the minister explained that most of the workers have been redeployed with few others doing skeletal services to prevent pilfering at the facilities.
“But I can assure you that most of the workers in the refineries have been redeployed to other parts of NNPC,” he said.
Also speaking at the briefing, Minister of Environment, Muhammed Abdullahi, said Council awarded the contract for consultancy services and design of Centre of Excellence for Environmental Restoration with an Integrated Contaminated Soil Management Centre at the sum of N449,250,040.50.
The establishment of the Centre was, according to the Minister, in fulfilment of the President’s promise to the Ogoni people and was meant to impact on them in terms of employment generation and laboratory tests for land remediation efforts on the site contaminated so that it could be made easily cultivatable by the people for their fisheries, farming activities and access to water.
“The Ministry of Environment, based on clear instructions of Mr. President, in fulfilling his promise to the Ogoni people towards the remediation objectives, and the livelihood of programme, took a very major step today by approving the award of contract for consultancy services, and the design of Center of Excellence for environmental restoration with an integrated contaminated soil management Center.
“This center is very epochal, because it is meant to impact in terms of employment generation in terms of laboratory tests for land remediation efforts on the site that contaminated. So, that it can be made easily cultivatable by the people for their fisheries activities for their farming activities and access to water.
“So, design is supposed to incorporate and an oil spill emergency response department, self assessment department, soil and groundwater cleanup and remediation technologies, waste management, health and safety and laboratory department, entrepreneurship Development, library, student hostels for male and female, staff quarters, sport complex and a demonstration arena for integrated contaminated Management Center.
“The award was given to Mr. scrambucl limited at the sum of N449,250,040.50 of course inclusive of 7.5% VAT. And it is unexpected that this project completed within three months,” he said.
