The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N658
million for the deployment of sniffer dogs at Lagos and Abuja international
airports.
The council gave the approval during the weekly meeting
presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.
Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, while speaking with
reporters after the council meeting, said four memoranda was approved for the
ministry totalling N16,697,742,839.
According to him, the projects to be executed in the
contracts include construction of Wachakal Airport in Yobe State at N6.3
billion; post-construction services for the same airport at the cost of N219.8
million. It also includes the procurement of eight airport rescue and
firefighting vehicles at the cost of N9.5 billion; and a contract for the
deployment of sniffer dogs to the Lagos and Abuja international airports at the
cost of N658.8 million.
“FEC approved four
memoranda from civil aviation. One of it is the approval for the construction
of Wachakal Airport in Yobe State and at the contract sum of N6,284,065,056,”
he said.
“Even and in our drive to develop the sector and ensure
connectivity within our region and also improve on our security architecture
and also attend to the various needs of civilization, we found this airport and
many others that are coming across the country useful.
“The second was a post-Consultancy Services for the
construction of the same airport, Wachakal Air stripe which is very close to
Nguru in Yobe state. So, first Consultancy Services is given to Kafe
Engineering at the sum of N219,782,500 only. This will include seven and a half
percent VAT.
“The third memorandum
that was taken his approval for the supply and maintenance of eight units of
airport rescue and firefighting vehicle including spare parts and training. And
this was given to Messers Gulf of Africa International Limited.
“The exclusive representatives of the OEM and the OEMs are
Emirate firefighting equipment factory, this is in the sum of N9,535,132,500
even. This also will include seven and a half percent and the delivery period
for this procurement is 12 months.
“The last memo that was taken from aviation, it has to do
with approval for the award of contract for the deployment of sniffer dogs
canine in airports in Lagos and Abuja, we will be continuing with this
procurement and other airports as well. So, the total contract sum for this
procurement is N658,762,783.36 which includes seven and a half percent VAT.”
At the meeting, the council also approved N537 million for
the acquisition of a property to serve as the new headquarters of the Nigeria
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and
publicity, explained that the agency had been making use of a rented property.
“NEITI, which is, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, was given an approval to acquire a permanent office building for N537,000,000 to be used as its head office,” he said.
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