{"id":27229,"date":"2018-10-10T20:08:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T19:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=27229"},"modified":"2018-10-10T20:08:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T19:08:26","slug":"fec-approves-n5-202b-road-contract-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/fec-approves-n5-202b-road-contract-in-sokoto\/","title":{"rendered":"FEC Approves N5.202b Road Contract In Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the sum of N5.202 billion for the construction of a road in Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, Suleiman Hassan, explained that the Council approved the award of contract for the construction of Kagigi, Jaro, Goraye, and Takwaco road in Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0briefed journalists alongside Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, and Minister Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige. According to Hassan, \u201cThis is a 28.75 kilometer road joining Sokoto and Zamfara states.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is in a very good agricultural zone. It will able to ferry agricultural goods and human traffic between these two states and onto the neighbouring countries of Niger, and Benin Republic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese contract is awarded to Messrs Sky Technical and Construction company limited at the cost of N5.202billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the sum of N5.202 billion for the construction of a road in Sokoto State. 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