{"id":99789,"date":"2022-09-29T09:09:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T08:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99789"},"modified":"2022-09-29T09:09:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T08:09:01","slug":"fec-approves-over-n580m-for-armoured-vehicles-to-fight-drug-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fec-approves-over-n580m-for-armoured-vehicles-to-fight-drug-war\/","title":{"rendered":"FEC Approves Over N580m For Armoured Vehicles To Fight Drug War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N580.5 million for the procurement of four armoured vehicles to fight dangerous and illicit drugs by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council\u2019s meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said: \u201cToday, a memo was presented by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, that is the Federal Ministry of Justice, which was relating to a parastatal under the supervision of the office of the Attorney General; the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe purpose of the memo was to seek approval of the council for the award of contract for the supply of four customised armoured security vehicles of 14 seater model for the NDLEA.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018\u2018The contract sum is N580, 500, 000 only inclusive of 7.5 percent value added tax with a delivery period of 16 weeks.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister said the decision to procure the armoured vehicles was taken to encourage and safeguard the lives of NDLEA personnel who have been working very hard with impressive results being recorded.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is common knowledge that of recent the NDLEA has been repositioned and arising from the support both in terms of our capacity building, hardware and associated things.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThey have been recording an extra-ordinary or unprecedented success. 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