By Abimbola Ogunnaike
In a bid to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS are not discriminated against at place of works, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a policy to guarantee their rights.
A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who disclosed this on Wednesday, 5 April, 2023, said this would ensure people living with HIV/AIDS are respected and given equal rights.
“Government has revised regulations pertaining to woodworking machinery and the entire ecosystem which dated back to 1959. New regulations have been put in place as empowered by the law, “ Shehu said
“And by this approval, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice will domicile and gazette these changes that have been approved”.
He said the council approved two contracts worth N15.3 billion for supply and installation of ICT components as well as digital assistance devices for the 2023 population census.
Shehu, who said the ICT component contract was awarded for N10.9 billion, added also that the FEC also approved contract for the development of external cost of infrastructure at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s new training academy for N3.3 billion.
According to him, N1 billion was approved for procurement of 19 vehicles for the Nigerian Ports Authority and N65 million for variation in the cost for the supply of airport fire crash tenders in the Ministry of Aviation.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fasola, said the council approved various contracts worth N384.65 billion for the construction of roads in Kwara State and as well as the building of residential houses and procurement of vehicles for the Nigerian Customs Service.
Fashola said while the first was aimed at digitizing all records of the ministry at N916,813,356, the other two were focused on physical road works, including the N36.459bn Kaduna Eastern Bypass augumentation works to be executed on Sukuk Programme, and a N327.281bn tax credit scheme granted BUA International Limited for construction of some roads in Kwara State.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, said FEC approved N9.649bn for procurement of 192 motor vehicles for the operations and administrative use of the Nigerian Customs Service.
