FEC Approves N623m For Nigeria Customs Service To Buy Computers

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved N623 million for Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to purchase computers in all its zonal and area commands.

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed who disclosed this to reporters after the FEC meeting in Abuja on Wednesday,  said the money was approved after Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, presented a memo on the subject.

The minister said the N623 million would cover the cost to purchase 1,200 computers for the organisation.

“The minister of finance presented a memo for the award of contract for 1,200 units of coloured printers and desktop computers for human resources and accounting management systems across zones and area commands of the Nigeria Customs Service, which was approved,” he said.

“The sum of the contract was N623,700,000 for the 1,200 desktops and computers for the use of the customs service all over the country.