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FEC approves dredging of Warri-Escravos seaport for N13bn

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April 11, 2018
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Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, is billed to deliver the News Express 6th Anniversary Lecture scheduled for November 20. The theme of the lecture which will take place at the main hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, is Transparency – Bedrock of Sustainable Development. According to a statement signed by News Express Publisher, Mr. Isaac Umunna the annual lecture brings together stakeholders from all walks of life rob minds of how to move the nation forward. “The News Express Anniversary Lecture and Economic Stakeholders’ Forum is an annual programme that has an established trend of bringing together important business and political leaders from across the country, as well as multifarious professionals and influential media stakeholders. This year’s event will parade high profile individuals and opinion leaders that shape the economy and politics of Nigeria,” he said. Umunna explained that Ms. Usman was chosen to deliver the lecture “in recognition of her well known aversion for corruption and the efforts being made by the NPA Administration under her watch to ensure transparency and global best practices in its operations, adding; “A woman of unimpeachable integrity, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman boasts an enviable pedigree both as an activist and an administrator. We are proud to have her agree to deliver the News Express 6th Anniversary Lecture.” According to the Publisher; News Express, which debuted on August 29, 2012, is read by hundreds of thousands of people around the world and records annual traffic of upwards of 100 million.
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved the dredging of the Warri-Escravos seaport for N13 billion.

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, announced this while briefing state House Correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting.

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The approval followed the presentation of the proposal early in the meeting by the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, Hajia Hadiza Bala Usman.

“We got an approval for the dredging of the Warri-Escravos Seaport and the replacement of the bad navigational aids.

“The total cost of the project was N13 billion.’’

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, also said that the ministry got approval for three memoranda submitted to FEC highlighting the problems in the water and sanitation sector.

“Ours was policy memo highlighting the crisis facing the water and sanitation sector in the country and the need for government to take action.

“We highlighted the fact that urban water supply is regressing, access to improved sanitation has decreased over time that we will not be able to meet the SDGs.

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 “WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) service in the rural areas are unsustainable, our share of the spending on WASH sector has declined from  0.7 per cent to 0.27 per cent of the GDP in 2010.

“These are just very far lower than the regional value.

“We submitted a memo to council asking them to approve an action plan that we have been working on for the past few months on how to redress these issues.

“We had three prayers for the council to approve the action plan and for Council to approve that the country should declare a state of emergency on the water and sanitation sector.’’

The minister also said the ministry prayed for the establishment of a WASH fund for the country where the federal and state governments and international donors could put in money for addressing the crisis in the water and sanitation sector.

He also requested that henceforth the budget for water and sanitation be significantly increased so that the challenges could be effectively tackled.

“We are grateful that council accepted our prayers and we move on with the action plan going forward,’’ he stated.

 

(NAN)

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