The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday, October 12, approved N700 million for the completion of abandoned federal secretariats in Anambra, Bayelsa, Gombe, Nasarawa, Osun and Zamfara states.
Minister of Works, Power and Housing Mr. Babatunde Fashola said funds for the completion of the projects, which were abandoned since 2012, were captured in the 2016 budget.
He said the projects would provide office accommodation to Federal Government workers deployed to the affected states.
“They are at various stages of completion. There have been changes in cost as a result of project designs, amendment, cases where original location and contract are changed and they have to be redesigned in such structure,’’ he said.
He said the second memo approved by FEC from the ministry has to do with ongoing projects for the abandoned 10 megawatts Wind Farm power project in Katsina State.
The Minister said the wind farm project is part of government’s strategic plan for renewable energy. He added that the project is a major component of the government’s roadmap towards achieving incremental power.
Fashola noted that the cost of the power project escalated following the abduction of the contractor, who after being rescued abandoned the project.
