The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved the purchase of 60,000 units of British Waste Bins at N927,600,000, (£3,855,977.83 ) to maintain a clean and healthy environment in Abuja.
The Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, made this known to State House correspondents in Abuja after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by Vice-Presideant Namadi Sambo.
She said the bins would contain the volume of waste being generated in the Federal Capital Territory.
Akunyili said that the council approved the purchase of the waste bins because the major challenge confronting the FCT Administration in waste management was inadequate waste receptacles in the city.
Studies have shown that locally-produced plastic waste bins are very low in quality and not compatible with the lifting devices of the waste compacting trucks.
The previous efforts by the board to address these problems did not yield the desired result.
In order to maintain a clean and healthy environment in FCT, the council approved the award of contract for the supply of 60,000 units of 240-litre plastic British bins in the sum of N927,600,000, she said.
Men are like bank accounts, without a lot of money, we dont generate a lot of interests
Posted: at 24-09-2010 02:19 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
divineproject at 24-09-2010 02:32 PM (14 years ago) (f)
ok
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Posted: at 24-09-2010 02:32 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
am sorry bt that money is toooo much for just dust bin in just one state..c'on..with that amt of money..we cud start nt only buy dump bin in a few states bt also start a recyclin system in those states to avoid the pollution..my cup of tea...
Posted: at 24-09-2010 05:05 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
wiv 20million u can send some nigerians abroad 2 learn hw 2 make dustbins, den u nw use 200million 2 build a factory nd provide employment wiv over 500million left 4 other things
Men are like bank accounts, without a lot of money, we dont generate a lot of interests
Posted: at 24-09-2010 09:32 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
Why UK? Don`t we have plastic (rubber) companies in Naija? These knuckle heads politicians take our (Nigerians) simplicity for granted. Folks don`t be fooled..... Jonathan and his caucus are thieves. I hate them with passion.
Posted: at 24-09-2010 11:33 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
Ok.Sum of you guys have no clue how these dustbins looks like.Nigeria dont have wat it takes to produce such bins,and it probably going to cost more if our country produce it.Cos those bins have been in UK for years now..Please ,let them do their job.Make una try to think positively for once,atleast its not just the politicians tht needs change.The citizens as well.A TREE CAN NEVA GROW IN ONE DAY.LETS TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME,MAYBE NEXT FEW YEARS THEN WE WILL STRT PRODUCING OURS.AFTERALL NO OTHER PRESIDENT EVA THOUGHT ABOUT SUCH.Nigeria dont even make cars so how can they make such bins ,cos most of this bins are like "HEAVY MOTOR BINS".
Posted: at 25-09-2010 12:02 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
nice9ija at 25-09-2010 12:02 AM (14 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Ceenod on 24-09-2010 09:32 PM
wiv 20million u can send some nigerians abroad 2 learn hw 2 make dustbins, den u nw use 200million 2 build a factory nd provide employment wiv over 500million left 4 other things
you are right my brother
Posted: at 25-09-2010 12:02 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
wiv 20million u can send some nigerians abroad 2 learn hw 2 make dustbins, den u nw use 200million 2 build a factory nd provide employment wiv over 500million left 4 other things
Na today them strt to dey send them come UK to learn.Do you know how much their expenses is goin to cost?..Instead of learning they just waste money
Posted: at 25-09-2010 12:47 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
ksurrina at 25-09-2010 12:53 AM (14 years ago) (f)
The Nigerian and the Jamaican Governments are one laughing stock. One spend on Dustbin the other on Snuffer Dogs. So there are no Electrical Welder in Nigeria who can make those Dustbin? Why not show them the design and then put them to work? Innovation is what needed to move forward not idiotic spending.
Godly WISDOM is to Fear God. His UNDERSTANDING is to resist the devil.
Posted: at 25-09-2010 12:53 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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