Federal Government approved of N22.45bn for projects in the Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Environment

On Wednesday, the Federal Government approved N22.45 billion for projects in the Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Environment.

The Minister of Environment, Muhammed Abdullahi, and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, revealed this to State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, which was presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

In Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the projects comprise a Centre of Excellence for Environmental Restoration with an Integrated Contaminated Soil Management Centre and a Conference Hostel Facility adjacent to the Nigerian Content Towers.

Sylva revealed that the Council has approved N22 billion for the construction of a conference hostel facility in Yenagoa, near the Nigerian Content Towe.