The Federal Executive Council revisited and approved 13 road projects in various states of the federation worth about N1.455tn.
The projects were mostly those the Council stepped down on July 10 due to a lack of funding.
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this while briefing correspondents on the outcome of Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
Umahi said that even though some other projects were similarly stepped down in Monday’s session, the council approved several others.
The others include Benin-Akure-Ilesha Road a 300km concrete pavement dual carriageway with a contract sum of N525bn awarded to HiTech Construction; Benin-Akure, by Ilesha (section 2), a 66km road to be dualised by HiTech Construction for N286bn and the Angingali-Udobi-Udona-Umo-Uwana-Ubalaka road in Imo state being undertaken by the NNPCL, with a contract sum reviewed from N14bn to N26.46bn.
The minister also announced other projects, which included the Igomu bridge to be rehabilitated by Buildwell Nigeria Limited for N19.87bn; the last section of the Ikot-Ekpene road from Akwa Ibom, whose project sum was reviewed from N54bn to N90bn. The project is to be executed in reinforced concrete by Julius Berger.