Tinubu’s Govt won’t abandon ongoing Projects – FG

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The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that ongoing projects will not be jettisoned by the incoming administration of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu.

Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources, announced this following the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, which was headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and lasted more than seven hours.

He explained that the council continues to ratify numerous contracts worth billions of naira because they had promised to work until the end to serve Nigerians.

The Council approved N449.9 million for the development of Airport Master Plan for 17 airports in the country. They include the Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja.

Others are Port Harcourt, Kano, Owerri, Benin, Enugu, Maiduguri, Yola, Kaduna, Calabar, Ilorin, Sokoto, Ibadan, Jos, Akure and Katsina airports.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, equally announced that the Council approved two major contracts for Ogoni in the second phase, a water project amounting to N22.8 billion as well as a N107 billion award for the remediation of newly identified hydro carbon impacted sites along the shoreline of Ogoni land.