Works Minister, Babatunde Fashola said more than 700km of roads across 11 states in the country will be completed. Fashola made the announcement while briefing State House correspondents on the results of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.
The meeting was chaired by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
Mr Fashola said more than N1.5 trillion will be spent on projects by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).
According to him, the states in which the Straits are located include Edo, Delta, Kano, Kaduna, Borno and Adamawa.
“The Council gave approval for the construction and rehabilitation of 11 roads totalling 737.242 kilometres in the sum of N1, 535, 154, 247, 234.48 under phase II of the NNPC tax credit scheme.
“Recall that in January this year, the council approved a memo for the NNPC to invest N1.9 trillion on our roads. That amount was then about 44 roads that had been awarded and the balance of those roads that had to go through procurement between then and now are the 11 that have now been approved by the council, ” Mr Fashola said.
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