The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved N610 million for the construction of a faculty of health services at the Plateau State University, Bokkos.
Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of Wednesday’s virtual cabinet meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.“The Minister of Education today presented a memo seeking approval of council for the award of contract for the construction, equipping and furnishing of a faculty of Health Sciences in Plateau State University, Bokkos and it was awarded at the cost of N610, 355, 221.82 and the completion period is for 52 weeks. Also, a procurement of furniture and equipment was awarded at N114, 357, 600 and completion period is 12 weeks,” he said.
Meanwhile, FEC also approved N623.7 million for the procurement of computers and printers for zonal and area commands of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
Lai Mohammed said: “the Minister of Finance presented a memo for the award of contract for 1, 200 units of coloured printers and desktop computers for human resources and accounting management systems across zones and area commands of the Nigeria Custom Service, which was approved.
“The sum of the contract was N623, 700, 000 for the 1, 200 desktops and computers for the use of the custom Service all over the country,” he said.