President Bola Tinubu has urged a comprehensive reassessment of upcoming procurements across ministries, departments, and agencies, with particular focus on key projects within the Ministry of Works, aimed at enhancing budget execution.
These directives emerged from resolutions made during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday.
Additionally, FEC proposed amendments to the legislation governing the National Council on Procurement to strengthen its effectiveness.
Information Minister Mohammed Idris, who briefed journalists after the FEC meeting, said, “The President has directed that all projects that require additional funding, especially, major projects of the Ministry of Works be looked at once again so that there will be further deliberations on that at the next council meeting.”
He said most of the road projects were inherited from successive administrations and were not part of the newly approved roads such as the Lagos-Calabar Highway.
Also, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, said, “Mr President directed that a good basis for performance, especially when it comes to infrastructural development is to ensure that we have a solid Procurement Act to avoid corruption and also stem the tide of abandoned projects.”