Meetings of the Federal Executive Council will henceforth take place on Mondays instead of Wednesdays, as decided by President Bola Tinubu’s government.
The new approach was announced by Information Minister Mohammed Idris, who indicated that the meetings might not occur every week unless there are urgent matters to be discussed.
On the other hand, Minister of Works Dave Umahi claimed to have produced a memorandum on the inherited scope of road infrastructure from the previous administration, totaling 18,897 kilometers during President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch.

We also informed FEC that several projects, some of which were awarded but are still operating without adequate money or oversight. In addition, there are twelve thousand kilometers of newly designated highways and twenty-four new bridges.
A committee comprised of the Chief of Staff, Minister for Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Minister for Works, Minister for Planning and Budget, GCEO/GMD of NNPLC, chairman of FIRS, and SSA on Tax Reform was formed by the Federal Executive Council after FEC approved the continuation of these inherited projects and the new proposal.
“FEC was also updated on the existing projects, including the plan to have some of the finished projects redesigned on concrete and for new projects to be done on concrete moving ahead in order to reduce the high costs and wide variations in the projects.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has endorsed the idea that, barring exceptional circumstances, most ongoing projects should be planned on concrete pavements.
The coastal route from Lagos to Port Harcourt to Calabar was also approved by the FEC as part of Phase 1. Splitting off from this section, Phase 2 travels from S4 to Sokoto and Ogoja.
Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) plus financing (F) was granted for the project. In addition, eight roads initiated by the previous administration for concessioning have been given the green light. It is expected that the financial close will occur in the month of November.
Out of the original nine, only the Lagos–Ota–Abeokuta route remains, having been transferred to the Ogun State Government at the latter’s request so that it may construct the route independently in accordance with the HDMI (Hardware Development Management Initiative) standards. They will do it and charge a toll, but there will be no returns. The PPP methodology is incredibly time-consuming, however the new 25 highways have been approved for concessioning.
The PPP for Ijora Park in Lagos has been finally approved by FEC. It was decided that PPP would be the best option. And the winner was Beta Nigeria Ltd., a company founded during the previous administration. Now all we need to do is inform FEC of their actions, for which we already have their blessing. The consulting firm that NNPC and FIRS will use to monitor the projects they sponsor was also given the green light today.
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