Jigawa State Executive Council has approved the sum of N336.6 billion for capital projects in the education, road, health and water supply sectors.
Commissioner for information, youth, sports and culture, Hon Sagiru Musa revealed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state executive council meeting.
He said out of the money the council approved the award of contract for the construction/rehabilitation and maintenance of 45no. roads across the state covering 835.36km at the cost of N300,466,881,045.53 only.
“The Council has also approved the payment of 10% (N30,046,688,104.55K) the total contract sum as advance payment .
“The council approved the award of contract for the renovation 42no. Senior Secondary Schools across the State at the cost of of Eight Hundred and Seventy-One Million, Six Hundred and Ninety Thousand, One Hundred and Eighty-Nine and Twenty-Five Kobo (N871,690,189.25K) only.
“ The sum of N16,033,194,435.57 was also approved for the construction of Permanent Site College of Nursing Sciences Hadejia Campus, while the sum of N4,898,890,897.00K for the, Renovation / Improvement of College of Health Science and Technology Jahun and the sum of N1,908,550,544.75K for the Construction of New General Hospital at KafinHausa.”
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