The federal executive council yesterday approved four memoranda for the ministry of aviation totaling N16, 697,742,839.
The minister of aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika, disclosed when he briefed the media on the outcome of the FEC meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Sirika said the contracts included construction of Wachakal Airport in Yobe State at N6.3 billion; post-construction services for the same airport at N219.8 million; procurement of eight airport rescue and firefighting vehicles at N9.5 billion while the balance of N658.8million of the amount was for a contract for the deployment of sniffer dogs to the Lagos and Abuja international airports.
“FEC approved four memoranda from civil aviation. One of it is approval for the construction of Wachakal Airport in Yobe at N6, 284,065,056.
“The second is post-consultancy services for the construction of the same airport, Wachakal Airstrip, which is very close to Nguru.
“So, the first consultancy service is given to Kafe Engineering at N219, 782,500. This will include 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT).
“And in our drive to develop the sector and ensure connectivity within our region and also improve on our security architecture and also attend to the various needs of civilisation, we found this airport and many others that are coming across the country useful,” he said.
Furthermore, he explained: “The second was post-consultancy services for the construction of the same airport, Wachakal Air strip which is very close to Nguru in Yobe state.
“So, first consultancy service is given to Kafe Engineering at the sum of N219, 782,500 only. This will include seven and a half per cent VAT,” Sirika said.
The minister further said that the third memorandum taken for approval was for the supply and maintenance of eight units of airport rescue and firefighting vehicles including spare parts and training.
“And this was given to Messrs Gulf of Africa International Ltd., the exclusive representatives of the OEM and the OEMs are Emirate firefighting equipment factory, this is in the sum of N9, 535,132,500.
“This also will include seven and a half per cent and delivery period for this procurement is 12 months.
“The last memo has to do with approval for the award of contract for the deployment of sniffer dogs… in airports in Lagos and Abuja. We will be continuing with this procurement and other airports as well.
“So, the total contract sum for this procurement is N658, 762,783.36 which includes seven and a half per cent VAT.”
