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Dec
09
2023
Honourable Minister of Works, H.E, Sen. (Engr) David Nweze Umahi

Minister and Directors Meet in Preparation for Budget Defence with the Joint Committees of National Assembly

 

The Directors of the Federal Ministry of Works have risen from their in-house budget defence with the Honourable Minister in preparation for budget defence with the Joint Committees of National Assembly slated for 11th December 2023.

 

The Honorable Minister thanked the Acting Permanent Secretary and all the Heads of Departments who handled the Ministry's budget for their commitment to the appraisal of the 2023 budget and the preparation of the 2024 budget proposal.

 

The Minister noted that the road sector needed a different kind of attention beyond the 2024 budget envelope received by the Ministry.  For a developing nation like Nigeria, road sector development is a catalyst for economic development.  The road sector has the potential to improve the security sector, agricultural sector, trade and investment, health, education, and, in fact, every aspect of the development of every nation.

 

The Minister thanked very highly the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR for the attention given to the Ministry and his approval of concrete pavement  in most of the 2024 projects. He stated that the Ministry is committed to the development of road infrastructure in line with the Renewed Hope agenda of Mr. President. The Minister noted the huge debts arising from unpaid certificates inherited from the past administration, which runs up to N1.5 trillion up till date and the expected contract reviews arising from inflation.

 

These two factors are recognized in the Ministry as issues that must be confronted in order to move forward.

 

The Minister has, therefore, set up six committees of one committee per geopolitical zone to review all debts of unpaid certified certificates generated before May 29th, 2023, and from May 29th 2023 to date. The committees will also review the approved and unapproved variation of prices and all augmentations that were approved or are yet to be approved and make recommendations to the Ministry's management. The Ministry has exposed these debts and all reviews in the Ministry to Mr. President’s economic team and also to the Federal Executive Committee on road sector funding. It is believed that the internal works through these constituted committees will help them to use external Consultants to reverify the works so that concrete decisions will be made to move the Ministry forward.

 

Contractors who are being owed are requested to approach these committees with all documents to back up their claims from Tuesday 12th 2023 to Friday, 22nd of December 2023 from 9 am to 7 pm at the Honourable Minister’s Conference Room, 1st floor, Federal Ministry of Works,  Headquarters, Mabushi Abuja.

 

The Minister again thanked Mr. President very highly as well as National Assembly and pledged their commitment in using judiciously whatever fund allocated to the Ministry and such funds must impact on the road infrastructure  improvement.

 

The entire Directors of the Ministry pledged for a renewed vigor in the supervision of the projects, and the results are already evident.

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Nov
13
2023

L – R. DIRECTOR URBAN AND REGIONAL DEV. DEPARTMENT, DR. OLAKUNDE AKINOLA, MR. KOLAPO RAHEEM, DIRECTOR, PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS, PERMANENT SECRETARY, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING, MR. MAHMUDA MAMMAN, MALLAM RABIU YUNUSA, PERMANENT SECRETARY, KADUNA STATE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MRS. LUCY UZODIMA, DIRECTOR PUBLIC BUILDING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPT, ENGR. CYRIL ONYENEKE AT THE 12TH MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON LANDS, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HOLDING AT UMARU MUSA YAR ADUA CONFERENCE CENTRE, INDEPENDENCE WAY, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE ON THE 13TH – 17TH NOVEMBER, 2023

L – R. Director Urban and Regional Dev. Department, Dr. Olakunde Akinola, Mr. Kolapo Raheem, Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr. Mahmuda Mamman, Mallam Rabiu Yunusa, Permanent Secretary, Kaduna State Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Mrs. Lucy Uzodima, Director Public Building and Housing Development and Director, Engineering Services Dept, Engr. Cyril Onyeneke at the 12th Meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development holding at Umaru Musa Yar Adua Conference Centre, Independence Way, Kaduna, Kaduna State on the 13th – 17th November, 2023

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Nov
14
2023

THE HON. MINISTER OF WORKS, SEN. ENGR. DAVID UMAHI RECEIVED IN HIS OFFICE, MR. SEDIKO DOUKA, COMMISSIONER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND DIGITALIZATION, ECOWAS ON A COURTESY VISIT AT THE MINISTRY’S HEADQUARTER, MABUSHI, ABUJA ON THE 14TH NOVEMBER, 2023.

The Hon. Minister of Works, Sen. Engr. David Umahi received in his office, Mr. Sediko Douka, Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalization, ECOWAS on a courtesy visit at the Ministry’s Headquarter, Mabushi, Abuja on the 14th November, 2023.

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