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The federal executive council (FEC) has approved N20 billion for rehabilitation of Ikorodu-Shagamu expressway.

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, disclosed this to state house correspondents on Wednesday.

He said the project will reduce accident on the highway and reduce manhour loss.

Mohammed added that the project when completed, the project will enhance movements of petroleum products and agricultural produce.

“The significance of the award of this contract is that it will reduce road accidents and loss of lives,” he said.

“Of course, it will reduce travel time and operating cost for transporters and commuters, and more importantly, it will enhance the movement of petroleum and agricultural products and also facilitate other commercial activities.

“If you remember, Mosinmi, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot is along that line.”

The minster said council approved the contract for the construction of law faculty building at the University of Uyo (UNIUYO).

Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, disclosed that the FEC also approved N4.233 billion for airport firefighting equipment.

“The purpose of that memo was to award a contract for the design, manufacture and installation of fully automated fire and smoke aircraft training simulator. The total contract sum is N4,233.756. The council graciously considered and approved the contract,” Sirika said.

“This firefighting equipment is extremely very important because when we came into government in 2015, l found myself approving several hundreds of thousands of dollars for our firefighters to go to Cameroun to get trained for proficiency in firefighting and come back to fight fire in Nigeria with 30 airports.

“We cannot continue to depend on a neighbouring country to learn how to fight fire. So, we conceptualised and developed the project. Federal fire service, state governments and anybody can leverage on the equipment that we will bring to fight fire.”