Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Federal Government on Tuesday signed a concession agreement for the Gurara 30 megawatts hydropower plant with North-South Power Company Limited. The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, stated that following the agreement, all was now set to put the hydropower plant into sustainable operation towards increasing access to electricity in Nigeria,…
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja The Federal Government has inaugurated the Ajaokuta Presidential Project Implementation Team with the aim of diversifying the economy. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, is the chairman of the team while the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, is the alternate chairman. Inaugurating the committee in…
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Ajaokuta Presidential Project Implementation Team with the aim of diversifying the economy. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, is the chairman of the team while the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, is the alternate chairman. Inaugurating the committee in Abuja on Monday,…
Engr. Chidi Izuwah, the Director-General, the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) on Monday, commended the Federal Government’s approach towards addressing the infrastructure gaps in the power sector. Izuwah who spoke to newsmen in Dadin-Kowa community said the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project idea of the Federal Government to develop infrastructure in the dam had yielded the…
Nigeria has attracted about $8bn in investment inflows into the economy through public-private partnership (PPP) projects and initiatives. The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Engr. Chidi Izuwah disclosed this as one of the guest speakers at the February 2020 breakfast meeting of the Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) in Lagos. Speaking on…
BY Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo THE Federal government has commended the commitment and preparedness of Akwa Ibom state government towards the development of the Ibom Deep Sea port project. Director General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Mr. Chidi Izuwah gave the commendation during the weekend when he led other stakeholders including , Nigeria Ports Authority,…
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission on Wednesday said the Independence Building in Lagos would soon be concessioned under a Build, Operate and Transfer agreement. The commission Director-General, Mr Chidi Izuwah, made this known while addressing newsmen after monitoring the dilapidated building on Lagos Island. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Independence Building is a…
Abuja, March 25, 2019 The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) on Monday agreed to collaborate on improving infrastructure deficit in the country. The Director-General, ICRC, Mr Chidi Izuwah and the Managing Director NSIA, Mr Uche Orji signed the agreement in Abuja. “In this MOU, we are focused on…
Okwe Obi, Abuja The Federal Government has expressed preparedness to concession the 30 megawatts Gurara hydropwer plant located in Kaduna State. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this when he received the Full Business Case compliance (FBC) certificate from the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), in Abuja, yesterday. Adamu explained that as soon…
By James Emejo in Abuja The federal government has expressed its determination to put an end to what it described as lack of competence on the part of the public sector compared to their private sector counterparts. This, according to the government, leads to situations whereby the country had been denied value for money and…
Approval has been given to six companies to construct, reconstruct or rehabilitate 19 federal roads spread across 11 states of the federation. It is a laudable response by the Federal Government to the decrepit state of our road infrastructure, which has led to the death of thousands of people through road accidents. To be executed…
The Federal Government says it will continue to leverage on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to bridge the three trillion dollars worth of infrastructure deficit in the country. The Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC, Mr Chidi Izuwah said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of the PPP Financing Policy and Law Masterclass. He…
After an impactful period of exceptional achievements in acting capacity including the declaration of the ICRC as the African Infrastructure Regulator of the Year 2018 by Africa Investor Magazine, the Senate last Thursday confirmed the appointment of Engr. Chidi Izuwah as the substantive Director-General/CEO of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). The Chairman of the…
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Monday Udo Tom as a Resident Electoral Commission of the Independent National Electoral Commission; as well as that of Chidi Kennedy Izuwah as Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission. The Senate presided over by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, received reports from Committee on INEC, Works,…
Andrew Buisson Ikenna Emehelu January 03, 2019 On 16 October 2018 in Abuja, the Nigerian Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) played host to nearly 100 government representatives from 9 different countries – including about 70 delegates from 30 Nigerian ministries, states and parastatal agencies – to discuss…
The Ona of Abaji and Chairman FCT Council of Chiefs, Alh. (Dr) Adamu Baba Yunusa paid the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) a courtesy visit on 19th January 2018 at the Commission’s office in Abuja. He was received by the ICRC Management team led by its Acting Director General, Engr. Chidi K. C. Izuwah Snr….
