FEC approves N2.9 billion for the printing of examination papers
The Federal Executive Council has approved N2.9 billion contracts for the printing of sensitive and non-sensitive examination materials.
The approval was granted at the council’s meeting presided over by President Buhari on Wednesday October 28.
Speaking with state house correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the printing contracts were awarded to a group of eight printers.
According to the minister, the materials are meant for the Basic Education Certification Examination, the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, and the National Common Entrance, adding that “because of the recent disturbances, we have postponed the examinations that have not taken place.”
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Adamu Mohammed, disclosed that the council approved N1.6 billion for the rehabilitation of different roads located in the satellite towns of the FCT.
He said the council approved N900,294,304.75 to fix the roads in Gwagwalada Area Council while N719,407,086.38 was approved for the Kwali Area Council rural roads.
According to him, the Gwagwalada contract was awarded to Messrs Teleview International Nigeria Limited with a completion period of six months while that of Kwali was awarded to Messrs Sahabi Liman Sons Nigeria Limited also for a completion period of six months.
That nice to hear
Take it easy – But take it !
You ignored the softness of my heart and get ready to believe on my mean behaviour.
There is nothing more amazing but what the president is done now!
This is good news…
All na to chop money… you go just they mentioned billions billions every time, and the end of the they is still nothing nothing. Nawa for this country o.
Just they approve everything…very soon now you go talk say you want borrow money…Mr borrow borrow. The Money wey don go share between themselves. Bad people.
Oh God of mercy! This is huge amount of money, haba, ordinary to print examination paper and we will continue saying there’s no no money. It is only God will have mercy on us.
How much are selling paper that you are printing exam papers with that huge amount of money, is it from outside the country or what? What a country.
It’s only God nothing else, Who can save us? It’s only him. People are suffering here and and there and you are here telling us that printing of exam is #4.6 billion naira. There’s God ooooo.
Mr. President for your mind now you’re doing well, improve Nigeria educational sector so that our country will have better school and our children acquire quality education.
this one of the way u people thieve the money
All we hear is the mention of billions and trillions but never see what they are used for
God save us from these vampires
He should settle ASUU so they can call off the strike.
Everyone is using every means to loot their own money.
Another means of embezzling.
printing of examination papers alone N2,9 Billion,for just papers,this people are thief’s, even if you are printing the papers for the whole world it can’t be up to that amount, this political criminals haven’t learnt their lesson OOOO,please more protest