File photo: Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa.
The Federal Government has pooled about N25bn raised from gifts received by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu during her birthday celebration with funds from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to revive the abandoned National Library of Nigeria headquarters complex in Abuja.
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, following the Federal Executive Council’s approval of the augmentation of the existing contract for the completion and comprehensive furnishing of the project.
The National Library headquarters project, which commenced on April 29, 2006, was initially scheduled for completion within two years but was abandoned in October 2008.
Eighteen years after construction stopped, Alausa said President Bola Tinubu’s intervention had provided fresh momentum and resources for the project.
