21/07/2017
In a bid to improve transparency and accountability in contracts entered into by public and private enterprises in the country, the Federal Government says it will launch a contract disclosure web portal. The acting Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Chidi Izuwah said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a Public Private Partnership (PPP) training workshop organised by the World Bank. Izuwah said that the ICRC and the World Bank had been working together to ensure more openness and transparency in […]
21/07/2017
Over the 15th to 16 May 2017, my esteemed brothers at the African Finance Corporation – Andrew Alli, Oliver Andrews, Taiwo Adeniji etc brought the best brains in Infrastructure Finance to Abuja for AFC live to celebrate 10 years of purpose and infrastructure financing impact in Africa. As I sat on my seat at this glittering ceremony; HE Acting President Osinbajo gave a most inspiring speech and clarion call for public private collaboration to address […]
01/06/2017
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) is partnering with the Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) to the deliver infrastructure in the country. The organisations entered into the agreement to drive the delivery of infrastructure when the IP3 Team led by its Director of PPPs, Mr Tomas Kiguel visited the ICRC chief executive, Mr Aminu Dikko in Abuja on Thursday. Speaking during the agreement signing ceremony, Dikko described the collaboration as a major milestone for the […]
01/06/2017
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has reiterated the importance for the amendment of its ICRC 2005 Act by the Committee on Special Duties. Mr Aminu Diko, ICRC’s Director-General made the call in a statement issued by the Administrative Officer of the commission, Mr Patrick Ederaro on Tuesday in Abuja. Diko made the call at a public hearing at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, which was attended by the Speaker of the House of […]
01/06/2017
The House of Representatives has declared its intention to overhaul the extant laws on Public Private Partnership (PPP). The position of the House was also supported by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) on the basis that the review will accelerate the process of infrastructure development in the country. At the public hearing on the bill for the amendment of the Public Private Partnership Regulatory Commission yesterday, Chairman, House Committee on Special Duties, Nasiru Daura, […]
01/06/2017
The federal government on Tuesday said all its reforms on ease of doing business and the recently signed executive orders were meant to attract back to Nigeria, companies which had relocated to other countries. Says N30,000 monthly mortgage on housing fund has begun in 11 states The government also said it was committed to ensuring that the country moves up 20 places up the ladder from the 2016 ranking by World Bank’s Ease of Doing […]
01/06/2017
Aminu Diko, Director General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) on Tuesday stressed the need to improve the capacity of all the MDAs to structure and develop bankable projects that will attract private sector funds in line with international best practices. Diko and other stakeholders who converged at the National Assembly, Abuja at the public hearing held at the instance of House Committee on Special Duties,chaired by Nasiru Daura, expressed overwhelming support for the overhaul […]
01/06/2017
To properly reposition the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) as the regulatory concession agency in Nigeria so as to enable it fully deliver on its mandate, the Commission is seeking a review of its Establishment Act 2005 . Confirming the development, the Communications Officer of the ICRC Mr. Patrick Ederaro told The Guardian that the House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties has slated a public hearing on the Bill for tomorrow in Abuja. The […]
15/05/2017
The Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC), in partnership with the World Bank is developing a disclosure framework on public private partnerships contracts. The framework which would be ready in six months will ensure that all relevant information on PPP contracts in Nigeria are disclosed public to all Nigerians. The Director-General, ICRC, Mr. Aminu Dikko, disclosed this at the ICRC contract disclosure forum hosted at the World Bank, Abuja. Represented at the forum by Mr. […]
10/04/2017
The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, yesterday explained the vibration at the international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA), Lagos, which passengers and airport workers described as earthquake and said that it was due to unlatched doors at the central cooling system, where all the equipment for the chillers are stored. He also dismissed the fears that the airport terminal might have structural defect, saying that the facility, which started operation in […]
18/08/2016
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 Team and a Steering Committee to be chaired by the Minister. Diko made this submission when he led the management […]
03/08/2016
In the light of the recent jail breaks in Abuja and Kogi Prisons, the Director General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Aminu Diko has advocated the relocation of Prisons from city centers to the hinterlands through Public Private Partnership. Mr. Diko stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau (Rtd) on Tuesday. According to Diko, “this strategic decision, which is in line with global […]
04/03/2016
Calabar, March 4, 2016. The Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission, ICRC, yesterday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari was poised to address infrastructure deficit in the country through Public Private Sector Partnership, PPP. The Director-General of the ICRC, Aminu Diko, who stated this in Calabar, the Cross Rivers state capital, during a tour of Calabar port, said the visit was in continuation of the team’s tour of port facilities across the country to ascertain the level […]
03/03/2016
Abuja, March 3, 2016. The Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Aminu Diko said the current administration has created favourable environment for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to thrive in the country. Diko, who was represented by Mr Chidi Izuwah, Executive Director, PPP Resource Department, ICRC said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 2016 first quarter, PPP unit consultative forum. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PPP Unit Consultative Forum is organised […]
02/03/2016
2nd March, 2016. Acting Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire has solicited closer ties between the Bureau and the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) to service the Nigerian economy. Speaking on Tuesday, in Abuja when he led other management staff of the Bureau on a courtesy visit to the Director-General of ICRC, Mr. Aminu Diko, the BPE acting boss said though the two agencies had distinct roles, it […]
01/03/2016
1st March, 2016. THE management of the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission, ICRC, is presently working round the clock to complete the concession of the phase one and two of the Kirikiri lighter terminals in Lagos. Disclosing this Lagos during a tour of some port facilities, Director General of the Commission, Mallam Aminu Diko said that the move to concession these parts of the nation’s port facilities was to ensure that the facilities are used […]