The fourth quarter (Q4) 2015, 3PUCF held on Thursday 03 December 2015 at the Federal Ministry of Works (FMoW) conference room. The forum had in attendance, representatives of various Public Private Partnership Units across several Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as some private sector operators. The meeting started with a welcome remark by Engr….
RAISING sufficient funds for developmental projects in meeting the needs of the people has become a source of worry to the global community. As Economists would say, human wants are many but the means to satisfy them are grossly limited. Therefore, providing adequate social infrastructures such as, health, education, food, houses, good roads, better air or…
THE news that work on the long-awaited Second Niger Bridge may be stalled again on technical and other grounds leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. The bridge, which is conceived to ease traffic and provide an alternative to the ageing first Niger Bridge at Onitsha, is a critical arterial infrastructure that will link the…
Abuja, Sept 3, 2015. The Federal Government on Thursday said the Public Private Partnership (PPP) concept was a child of necessity “that must be nurtured to fruition’’ in its quest to reverse the country’s infrastructure deficit. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwaobia, stated this at a PPP consultative forum organised…
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission is deeply concerned about the recent media reports on the 2nd Niger Bridge which emanated from the Director General’s media briefing on August 26, 2015, following a meeting with His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR. The Director General, Mr Aminu Diko, had briefed the President on the status of PPP…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s government has left no one in doubt that it has zero tolerance for corruption. The fight against corruption will be won or lost depending on how the government handles the civil service, which is the engine room of corruption in the public sector. The corruption-riddled public procurement process in the country must…
Abuja, Nigeria; 13 August 2015: Director General of the ICRC, Mr. Aminu Diko, has emphasised the usefulness of getting the private sector involved in the provision of national security infrastructure through Public Private Partnerships. He expressed this view while presenting a lecture titled “Infrastructure and National Development: Implication for National Security” to participants of the Executive…
The Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Aminu Diko has stressed the need for MDAs to subject their public private partnership endeavours to the regulatory oversight of the Commission to ensure the projects attract potential private investors. Mr. Diko made this known when he received the Vice Chancellor, and members of the management…
Abuja, Nigeria; 5 August, 2015:Director General of the ICRC, Mr. Aminu Diko, has expressed the readiness of the Commission to work with the National Population Commission in the automation of the process of the generation of national data on deaths, births, marriages, stillbirths, etc in the country through Public Private Partnership (PPP) option. He expressed…
Abuja, Nigeria; 30 July 2015: Director General of the ICRC, Mr. Aminu Diko, has expressed the readiness of the Commission to cooperate with other agencies of government and the private sector towards the provision of basic infrastructure services through PPP. He expressed this position while playing host to the Executive Director/CEO and members of the management…
Abuja, July 22, 2015 (NAN) The Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Aminu Diko has pledged the Commission’s commitment to improving medical services in the country through Public Private Partnership. Diko said this on Wednesday in Abuja during an oversight visit to Garki Hospital Abuja, which is currently managed through a PPP concessionary agreement…
The Buhari administration may be considering merging all debtor airlines in the country into a national carrier, capable of serving the West and Central African regions, with Nigeria as the regional aviation hub. That is part of the recommendations by the Ahmed Joda transition committee, which submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari about two…
It is increasingly becoming clear that the business of governance can no longer be limited to government if desired result of making life better for the citizens is to be met. It is in this light that the strategic alliance with the private sector in the area of public utility services is more germane now…
IT is increasingly becoming clear that the business of governance can no longer be limited to government if desired result of making life better for the citizens is to be met. It is in this light that the strategic alliance with the private sector in the area of public utility services is more germane now…
It was another opportunity for knowledge enrichment and experience sharing at the occasion of the second quarter 2015, 3PUCF, which held on 4th June 2015 at the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) conference room. The forum had in attendance, over forty Heads and team members of PPP Units across several Ministries, Departments and Agencies; and…
The fourth quarter meeting of the 3PUCF held on 4 December 2014 at the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). The meeting was attended by over 20 Heads of Public Private Partnership (PPP) units from various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). 3PUCF is a brain child of the PPP Resource Department of the ICRC. It is…
