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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a contract worth about N1.3bn for the design, supply, and installation of PTZ long-range tarmac camera surveillance system at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after a meeting of the council presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
Mohammed briefed the journalists on behalf of the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika.
“The total sum of the contract is N1,278,594,250. This is in order to upgrade and provide security and safety for the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, especially to avoid incidence on the air site and runway,” he said.
TODAY
February 3, 2021
The Federal Executive Council has approved about N2billion for the procurement of surveillance equipment for some airports and inland waterways in the country.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.
He said N1.2 billion of the amount was approved for the purchase of surveillance equipment for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
He said: “The Minister sought for council’s approval, which was granted for a contract for the design, supply and installation of a long-range thermal camera surveillance system at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.
The Federal Executive Council has approved about N2billion for the procurement of surveillance equipment for some airports and inland waterways in the country.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.
He said N1.2 billion of the amount was approved for the purchase of surveillance equipment for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
He said:
“The Minister sought for council’s approval, which was granted for a contract for the design, supply and installation of a long-range thermal camera surveillance system at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.
Correcting the Erroneous, Unfortunate and Misleading Caption of Chibuike Amaechi s Comment on Baro Port
By Great Imo Jonathan Listen to article
I don t know what Ships and Ports online publication wants to achieve by its misleading caption of the statement of the Honourable Minister Of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Amaechi on Baro Port. The caption reads: Amaechi Tags Baro, Other River Ports Waste Of Public Funds . Even the opening paragraph of their reportage was a misrepresentation of the Honourable Minister s statement. Ships and Ports Online publication not quoting him stated in their opening paragraph that The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the construction of river ports across the country is a waste of public funds as they are not viable projects
Makeshift bridges like this link up Baro to the rest of the world
President Muhammadu Buhari was choppered into the small but significant town of Baro, in Niger State, that morning of Jnauary 19, 2019, to commission what the administration counted as one of its major achievements.
The commissioning was part of activities lined up to demonstrate the accomplishments of the Buhari administration as he rounded off his first term of four years and sought re-election that year.
Baro itself is not new to official razzmatazz. The Emir of Agaie, Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu, who was among the dignitaries that welcomed the president to his domain on that day, remembered his childhood. As a schoolboy around 1958, he was selected among school children lined up to welcome the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, who was on a visit to the area.