Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of N805, 738, 541. 95k, inclusive of 7.5% VAT, for the enhancement of security at the newly-completed premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, headquarters located at Jabi, Abuja.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this while briefing the media after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Mohammed said that the approval followed a memo presented in the name of the president at the meeting.
Recalling attacks on the federal government and even multilateral institutions like the United Nations headquarters in 2011 and 2014, Mohammed said that the federal government set up what is called Vulnerability Assessment Committee to see how ministries, departments and agencies could be better protected.
The minister said that a memo was presented, seeking approval for the procurement of four sets of automatic and static anti-crash boulder system with automatic vehicle scanners and other accessories.
According to the minister included in the memo were “900 linear metres fence intrusion detection system, and human screening equipment, four work flow metal detectors, two hand-held metal scanners, one luggage scanner and three hand-held explosive trace detectors.
He said that the completion period of the contract is 12 weeks.
The second memo presented in the name of the president at the meeting was that seeking the approval of the Federal Executive Council for the procurement of 16 vehicles for the use of the Federal Civil Service Commission,FCSC.
Mohammed said: “You know we have 16 members of the FCSC, the chairman and 15 commissioners representing the states and they normally embark on extensive advocacy visits and routine oversight functions to ministries, departments and agencies across the country.
“So, they asked for a replacement of the old unserviceable vehicles and council duly approved that they purchase one Toyota land cruiser, V8, and 15 Toyota Rush all at a total of N336, 216, 198.”
Responding to a question on the labour dispute in Kaduna, Mohammed said that the federal government “is quite concerned and is doing its best to see how the two parties can resolve their misunderstanding amicably with little loss to productivity.”
He expressed hope that all parties in the dispute would come to the drawing table to agree and hammer out concessions and agreements.
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