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The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has expressed the willingness of the state to embrace public-private partnership (PPP) to revive the ailing cotton industry in the state. Ganduje stated this at a workshop for financial journalists with theme: ‘The Role of Nigeria Banking Sector: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way forward’ organised by the Nigeria…

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…

To fast track the process of procuring public private partnerships (PPPs) projects in Nigeria, the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) is preparing an executive order that will be sent to the president for assent. The long procurement process of PPP projects has come under intense criticism lately by stakeholders saying it’s a disincentive for…

Submitted by Darwin Marcelo Does experience in implementing Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) reduce a country’s chances of contract failure? In a recent study entitled Do Countries Learn from Experience in Infrastructure PPPs, we set out to empirically test whether general PPP experience impacts the success of projects—in this case, captured by a project’s ability to forego…

Oyetunji Abioye To attract the local and foreign private capital needed for infrastructure financing, economic and financial experts have advised the Federal Government to review its policies in order to achieve better business environment. The experts, who posited that the solution to inadequate infrastructure financing in the country was private capital funding, said efforts must…