FEC approves N11.16bn for Mushin-Isolo-Ejigbo Lagos road reconstruction

• Kebbi, Taraba to get refund for federal roads

The Federal Executive Council has approved N11.16bn for the reconstruction of a road in Lagos, Mushin-NNPC-Apapa-Oshodi road, a contract to be executed by Strabic Construction Company in 20 months.

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said this was one of memoranda presented to the council by the ministry.

“The first was a contract for the reconstruction of the Mushin-NNPC-Apapa-Oshodi road, that is the road that goes through Isolo to Ajigbo, at the sum of N11,166,270,197.85 to Strabic construction company, with a completion period of 20 months,” Fashola said.

He also said the council approved the demands by state governments for refunds on an intervention made previously before the current administration on federal roads and before the directive that there should be no more intervention by states on federal roads.

“But there were some that had been done before the life of this administration. So there were three states, Kebbi, Yobe and Taraba. I think on the 22nd of June, I reported that the claims for Yobe for N18.663 billion were approved. That left those of Kebbi and Taraba states.

“So today, the council approved N6.706 billion for Kebbi state and N2.470 billion for Taraba states.

The council also approved that the road under construction by Taraba states for which this reimbursement is being made that that contract by the state government should be terminated. That is a section between Bali and Seti.

“This is because you will recall last year that council had approved the full reconstruction of Bali- Seti to Gembu under the NNPC tax credit scheme.”