The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum N658 million for the deployment of sniffer dogs at Abuja and Lagos international airports.
The approval was given during the weekly FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.
Minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, who disclosed this while speaking with reporters after the council meeting, said four memoranda was approved for the ministry totalling N16,697,742,839.
He said “FEC approved four memoranda from civil aviation. One of it is the approval for the construction of Wachakal Airport in Yobe State and at the contract sum of N6,284,065,056,”
“Even and in our drive to develop the sector and ensure connectivity within our region and also improve on our security architecture and also attend to the various needs of civilization, we found this airport and many others that are coming across the country useful.
“The second was a post-Consultancy Services for the construction of the same airport, Wachakal Air stripe which is very close to Nguru in Yobe state. So, first Consultancy Services is given to Kafe Engineering at the sum of N219,782,500 only. This will include seven and a half percent VAT.
