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FCT sets N6.9m for critical projects

…as NASS commends Bello for infrastructural provision in FCT

By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello announced that the FCT Administration has proposed the sum of N607,952,023,580.00 for the 2022 Statutory Budget estimate to enable it complete on-going critical projects and provision of the state-of-art equipment to aid security Agencies in discharging their statutory duties.”

Breaking down the expenditure , lBello explained that out of the total sum, N393,182,2067,614 representing 64.67 percent is for capital expenditure; N76,569,904,856 representing 12.59 percent is for the personnel cost; while the sum of N138,199,851,110 representing 22.73 percent is being spent as overhead cost.

The Minister disclosed that most of the projects would be completely before the end of the tenure of President Buhari led government would impact positively on the socio-economic well-being of the residents of the Territory.

“Some ongoing projects include the rehabilitation and expansion of the Outer Southern Expressway; Expansion and Extension of the Inner Southern Expressway; and construction of Southern Parkway from Christian Center, B6, B12.”

“Others are, Reconstruction and Dualization of Lower Usuam Dam-Gurara road, provision of Engineering infrastructure to Maitama II District, provision of rolling stock and provision of other phases of the Abuja Light Rail project, as well as the construction of Southern Expressway to Kuje Road (S105) respectively.”

Furthermore, the Minister said that the FCT Administration has allocated the sum of N175.5 billion to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) for the provision of infrastructure; N73.8 billion for the Transportation sector; while the Education takes N52.4 billion.

Other sectors include Health with total sum of N36 billion; Environmental takes N12.9, while Water and Agriculture sectors go home with N9.6 billion and N8.9 billion respectively.

Meanwhile, the National Assembly has commended Mallam Bello, for the provision of infrastructural development in the Federal Capital Territory.

The Senate Committee Chairman on FCT, Senator Smart Adeyemi, made this commendation during the presentation of the 2022 FCT Statutory Budget to the Joint Committees of the FCT, Thursday at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja.

Adeyemi noted that the number of the multi-billion-Naira infrastructural projects being executed by the FCT Administration under the leadership of the current Minister is nonparallel.

According to him, both Committees of Senate and House of Representatives on the FCT are impressed by the number of ongoing projects being completed by the FCT Administration, adding that the Administration has done well by not abandoning projects initiated by previous Administrations.

Adeyemi also commended the Minister for not jettisoning important projects for ego or partisan interests to embark on white elephant projects.

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