 The Federal Executive Council has approved the memorandum presented by the Minister of Works and Housing for the augmentation of the contract for Sokoto Tambua-Jegar-Mekara Road. Minister of Works and Housing, Barbara Tunde-Fashola, were briefed in the state house media after the weekly cabinet meeting, said the contract was seeking an augmentation of 8.39 billion era, which was for price changes essentially between 2012 when the contract was awarded and now. The Minister said over 85 kilometres of the road has to be changed from rehabilitation to reconstruction because it has deteriorated from when it was first awarded 12 years ago. The scope of works of the 85 kilometres of the road has to be changed now from rehabilitation to reconstruction because it has deteriorated from when it was awarded 12 years ago. So the Council approved this and just for your information, there are two sections of the road because it comes all the way from Sokoto to Makara. The first section was awarded to Traiakta, that section is 296 kilometres, we've completed that, we've completed it just recently. The entire 296 kilometres is now mutable, about 100 kilometres of the second section, which is the subject of augmentation from Yauri to Makara has been completed. So we just have about 85 kilometres to go. Meanwhile, the Federal Executive Council did not discuss the issue of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy Issa Pantami, whose alleged previous link with Al-Qaeda and Taliban had led to calls for his resignation. Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said the issue was not raised at the meeting. I'm not going to go into the issue of whether the government is comfortable or not. I will answer your question directly, it was not discussed at the Council meeting. Thank you. Pantami, who was physically present at the meeting, had been embroiled in controversy over his unearthed comments and does in both terrorist organisations, has however announced that he has renounced the views.