The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the construction of the corporate headquarters of the ministry of agriculture and...
has approved the construction of the corporate headquarters of the ministry of agriculture and rural developmenton Wednesday, Mohammad Abubakar, minister of agriculture and rural development, said an initial sum of N6 billion would be used to commence the construction of the new headquarters.
“The memo we presented was for the construction of our corporate headquarters here in Abuja. Since the relocation of the ministry to Abuja over 30 years ago, we have not had a corporate headquarters,” he said.“We are currently using an office of the federal capital territory administration which is just about three floors and cannot accommodate the entire ministry. We have about four departments which are outside the main ministry.
He added that the ministry will source for more funds to complete the project through intervention from the presidency and other sources.
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