Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, ratified the Safe School Declaration.
Minister of Education Adamu Adamu disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Safe School Declaration, an inter-governmental political commitment, was opened for endorsement by countries at an international conference in Oslo, Norway, from May 28- 29, 2015.
Adamu said, there had been a number of activities on the initiative, but Nigeria is now committed to implementing the safe school guideline.
“The safe school initiative will come in proper focus when there is some conflict and the federal government will come to their aid, but they themselves are doing what they are supposed to do in all the places where they are affected by the conflict,’’ Adamu said.
Adamu stated that FEC had also awarded a contract for the construction of Faculty of Arts of Adamawa State University at N630m, which would be funded by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).
Minister of Environment Suleiman Hassan, on his part, said that FEC approved the award of contract for the remediation of five more lots for the ongoing clean-up in Ogoni land, as a result of the UNEP report that was submitted to the federal government.
In June 2016, Hassan said, President Muhammadu Buhari launched the clean-up exercise in Ogoni land, adding that sites had been handed over to 16-member companies.
“Work is in progress as of today; we have made appreciable progress; we have now awarded five more. Why are they coming in phases? The first 16-member was within the threshold of the Ministerial Tenders Board but this one is far above the threshold of the ministerial tenders board.
“That is why it has to come to FEC and we are glad to say that we have secured approval and the contractors will be handed over to the sites as soon as it is practicably possible.
“The contract cost for this five-number lot is N3.039bn,’’ he said.
