Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this yesterday after the federal executive council meeting presided over by Vice President, Yemi
“Recall that in January this year, the council approved a memo for the NNPC to invest N1.9 trillion on our roads. That amount was then about 44 roads that had been awarded and the balance of those roads that had to go through procurement between then and now are the 11 that have now been approved by the council,” Fasola said.
He said the council approved 317 of the applicants to be granted citizenship by naturalization while 68 were granted by registration, adding that all the applicants met the requirements for such an honour. “Those granted citizenship have met all the constitutional and administrative requirements for the grant of Nigerian citizenship,” Aregbesola said.
“At the same meeting, the council approved the full business case for a project on National Fire Detection and Alarm System, incorporating life safety systems, networking, monitoring and dispatching at real time.
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