The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved N4.078 billion for the execution of contracts in tertiary institutions across the country on Wednesday to improve education.
Mr Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him, the three institutions that will benefit are Osun State University in Osogbo, the Federal University in Lokoja, and the National Commission for Nomadic Education.
According to the minister, the Council also approved a memorandum requesting that the Federal Government take over the David Umahi University of Medical Sciences in Ebonyi state.
“We presented four memos, three of them were contracts. The first is for the construction of the Senate Building in Osun State University, in Osogbo. This is at a cost of N2, 134,686,307.88, with a completion period of 76 weeks.
“Second one is another Senate Building. This one is at the Federal University, Lokoja and it is at the cost of N1, 607,471,754.77, with a completion period of 50 weeks.
“The third one is a contract for the erection of a radio antenna for the National Commission for Nomadic Education. It is 50 kilowatt AM radio and the contract sum is N336, 745,631.70. The completion period is 14 weeks.
“The last one is a memo for the takeover of David Umahi University of Medical Sciences, Ebonyi, by the federal government. What we brought in the memo is for Council to ratify the agreement that has been entered between the Ebonyi State government and the federal government and then to approve the renaming of the university from David Umahi University of Medical Sciences to David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences,” he said.
According to the minister, the council also adopted a draft bill for the renaming of the university, which will be sent to the National Assembly for adoption into law.