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FEC to Review and Fund Existing Projects
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has paused several major projects needing additional funding, especially those under the Federal Ministry of Works. These projects, inherited from past administrations over the past 13 years, require augmentation. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, explained that President Bola Tinubu has ordered a thorough review to ensure the projects are executed with probity and proficiency before any additional funding is approved.
Minister of Works, David Umahi, is tasked with working alongside the Ministers of Budget and Economic Planning and Finance to streamline these projects for appropriate funding. While new projects like the Lagos-Calabar Highway are not part of this review, the FEC aims to reconsider and re-prioritize inherited projects, seeking alternative funding and evaluating those that can be completed. This reorganization is not just about funding shortages but involves other considerations to ensure efficient project completion.
Additionally, the FEC plans to revamp the National Council on Procurement, which has been ineffective for the past 17 years. A bill to strengthen the council has been sent to the National Assembly and passed its first reading in the House of Representatives. The goal is to create a robust procurement council that enforces financial discipline and scrutinizes all aspects of procurement, aligning with the administration’s vision for efficiency and accountability.
Health unions declare a strike, and it is stated to begin on the 15th of November, 2025.
The health unions starting this strike are under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations, AHPA.
The reason for the strike is the health salary structure and as the poor working conditions and welfare.
China speaks on the latest issue between Nigeria and the United States. After Donald Trump declared plans to take action against what he called the “Christian genocide” in Nigeria, many have reacted and shared their opinions.
China expressed disagreement with Trump’s statement, saying that religion is not a strong reason to interfere in another country’s internal affairs.
The spokesperson representing China stated that the country “firmly opposes any nation using religion or human rights as an excuse to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs or threaten them with sanctions or force.”
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, spoke on Donald Trump’s threat to Nigeria regarding taking care of the Christian genocide.
The minister appeared as a guest on a TV program and spoke on the current situation, stating that politics has been taken too far.
The minister questioned the claims made, saying “It is an indictment that a government I am serving, anybody will allege that that government is supporting genocide, killing of Christians and I am still in that government.
This is politics taken too far. The Inspector General of Police is a Christian, the Director General of the Department of State Services is a Christian, the Chief of Defence (Staff) is a Christian.
Tell me how any right-thinking person will think that we will sit in a government and support the killing of our own people?”
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