The Federal Government has commenced the process to concession 22 out of it 33 silo complexes across the country to the private sector. Government said the concession of the silos would ensure availability of affordable grains across the country. The silo complexes were established by the government to provide immediate food relief in times of…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said over 700,000 barrels per day of crude oil was deferred in 2016 due to pipeline sabotage. According to a statement in Abuja, Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru said the sabotage caused Nigeria’s production to drop to as low as 1.3 million barrels per day…
Director General of the ICRC, Aminu Diko, has asked the Ministry of Aviation to speed up work on the concession of Nigeria’s four busiest airports – Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano, as recently announced by Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika. He further advocated the immediate setting up of a Project Delivery…
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…
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…
