Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
The federal government has approved N5.6 billion for the construction of oxygen production plants in each of the 36 states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at the end of the council’s weekly meeting.
The approval came days after the Presidential Steering Committee made the initial announcements about the initiative on Monday.
“This would ramp up the nation’s oxygen reserves to enable it to mitigate a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The minister of health presented a memo, which was approved, for the emergency supply, installation and maintenance of oxygen production plants and construction of plant houses in each of the 36 states of the federation and Abuja,” Mohammed said.
The contract was approved in the sum of N5,615,127,479 inclusive of 7.5 per cent VAT, in favour of four different companies, with a completion period of 20 weeks.
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