The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N7,499,603,500 for an irrigation project augmentation in Adamawa State and surveillance equipment for two airports in the country.
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika announced this while addressing State House correspondents after the weekly virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The minister said the council approved N1,499,603,500 for surveillance equipment at Kaduna and Port Harcourt airports.
“The approval is for the award of contracts for the design, supply, and maintenance of mobile surveillance observation systems with remote controlled license. These are for the airports in Port Harcourt and Kaduna and it will continue to other airports progressively,” he said.
Also, Water Resources Minister Sulieman Adamu said the council approved the augmentation of N6 billion for the Chochi irrigation project in Adamawa State.
“This project started in 1988 during the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) era to provide 1,200 hectares of irrigation at Chochi in Yola, Adamawa State. Unfortunately, it has suffered a lot of setbacks.
“First of all, following the dissolution of PTF, it was transferred to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and was kept in the cooler for about eight years before it finally emerged in 2006 and was re-awarded to the same company, Impressive Bacolor But in subsequent years, it has suffered so many things.
“Now, we are poised to complete it. And one of the key issues is that the project is based on pumping. At the time it was awarded, diesel was very cheap. But now diesel is so expensive,” he said.
