Nigeria, March 21 -- The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of a new faculty building at Adamawa State University, Mubi.

This was revealed Wednesday by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, at the end of the meeting of the council which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The new building, which is for the Faculty of Arts, is to be constructed at a cost of N613,395,650.

The project is being undertaken by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) and has been awarded to a company called Spectrum engineering.

Mr Adamu also announced that the meeting has approved the adoption of the Safe Schools Declaration.

The Safe School declaration is an inter-governmental p...