18/02/2016
Mr. Aminu Diko, Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), has appealed to the Federal Government to dredge the Warri/Escravos river to rejuvenate commercial activities at the Warri port. Diko made the appeal on Thursday shortly after he led a team of the Commission on inspection tour of facilities of the concessioned terminals at the Warri port. The terminals inspected include: the Julius Berger, Associated Maritime Services Ltd (AMS) and the Integrated Logistics Services (INTELS). Diko expressed […]
22/01/2016
Abuja, Nigeria; 20 January, 2016:Director General of the ICRC, Mr. Aminu Diko, has opined that despite the current daunting economic challenges in Nigeria as a result of the slump in global oil prices, he is positive that the articulated fiscal discipline and other economic measures of the new administration will help the country overcome its current economic challenges, and attract investments in infrastructure. He expressed this view during a visit by a team from the […]
11/12/2015
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission and the Nigerian Prisons Service have agreed to work more purposefully to ensure the successful development of PPP projects that are being initiated for the Prisons. The Director General of the ICRC – Mr Aminu Diko who paid a courtesy call on the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Prisons Service – Mr Peter Ekpendu, stated that prison infrastructure will be better provided and managed by the private sector to enable government focus […]
08/12/2015
As Nigeria’s infrastructure needs continue to expand in the face of dwindling government revenue, there is a need for Nigeria to embrace financing of major infrastructure projects through public, private partnerships, writes Obinna Chima The sharp drop in global oil prices, which has led to significant revenue shortfall in Nigeria, has remained a major concern to policy makers and a lot of Nigerians. Already, the outlook for oil prices remains weak. Of course, this means that […]
08/12/2015
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. A.G Magaji, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works. In his address to participants, he commended the innovation buy the ICRC […]
10/09/2015
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 rail transport, creating employments and others for the people has become source of concern for several countries of the world […]
07/09/2015
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 rest of the country with the communities in the South-East and South-South of Nigeria. This veritable gateway to the South-East […]
07/09/2015
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 by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in Abuja. She said that massive investments beyond the means available to government […]
02/09/2015
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 projects in the Commission over which it performed regulatory oversight. As expected the 2nd Niger Bridge was one of the […]
14/08/2015
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 be reformed for us to make progress. The concept of contracting projects and government procurement has over the years meant […]
13/08/2015
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 Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 8 at the Institute for Security Studies, Abuja. According to Mr. Diko, who was represented by […]
07/08/2015
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 team of the University of Abuja who paid a familiarization visit to the Commission. According to the DG, ICRC, “it […]
05/08/2015
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 this view through the Commission’s Executive Director, PPP Resource Department, Engr. Chidi Izuwah, during a courtesy visit by the National […]
30/07/2015
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 team of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), who paid him a courtesy visit, Thursday. While welcoming his guests, […]
24/07/2015
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 by Nisa Premier Hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Garki Hospital Abuja is owned by the Federal […]
02/07/2015
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 weeks ago. Volumes of the report were exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES. Six of Nigeria’s leading domestic airlines are currently […]