18/01/2022

LAGOS AIRPORT CAR PARK: ICRC INTERVENES, INSISTS ON SAFETY OF VEHICLES

Following recent media reports on the incidence of vehicle vandalism at the car park of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, the management of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) visited the multi-level parking facility. The team, led by Acting Director General Mr. Michael Ohiani and included the Head, Monitoring and Compliance, Mallam Ahmed Abdulrazaq and the Head of Legal and Governance Mrs. Linda Amego, visited the facility which was described in some reports as […]
17/12/2021

NAHCON gets FG’s approval to develop commercial properties

The Federal Government has approved the development of commercial properties, warehouses and zonal office in Kano for the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) through Public Private Partnership (PPP). A statement issued by Manji Yarling, Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), stated that the approval was given on Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. According to the statement, the project which will be carried out through PPP arrangement is to be on concession […]
03/12/2021

LAGOS SET TO HOST THIRD NIGERIA PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP NETWORK MEETING

The Office of Public-Private Partnerships (OPPP), in collaboration with Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF), is organising the third Nigeria PPP Network (NPPPN) meeting. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public-Private Partnerships, Mr. Ope George, said the meeting is being hosted by the Lagos State Government, through the Office of Public Private Partnerships, with the theme: “The Role of PPP in the 2021-2025 National Development […]
03/12/2021

At 74.15% completion, Lekki Port is ahead of 2022 target

Construction works at the project site of the Lekki Deep Seaport, Nigeria’s first deepest port has reached 74.15 percent as of November 28, 2021, the Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited has said. According to the Lekki Port Construction Completion Status report that was sent to BusinessDay, dredging and reclamation works have reached 85.38 percent while the building of quay walls has reached 77.96 percent. The construction completion status report further stated that the effort to […]
03/12/2021

IGP: Over 90% of police officers in barracks don’t have befitting accommodation

Usman Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), says the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is facing gross housing deficit as less than 10 percent of its personnel in barracks have proper accommodation. Baba spoke on Thursday at the quarter four 2021 public private partnership units consultative (3PUCF) meeting organised by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in Abuja. The 3PUCF forum was initiated by the ICRC to provide a stakeholder engagement platform that will enhance knowledge and […]
29/11/2021

ICRC Delighted Over Approval Of OBC For Establishment Of National Air Carrier

By Agency Report On Nov 25, 2021 The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has expressed delight over the approval of the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the establishment of the National Carrier (Nigerian Air) by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Mr Micheal Ohiani, the Acting Director General of ICRC said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja after the decision approving the OBC that was certified by the ICRC  for the establishment of the carrier was taken by […]
29/11/2021

NRC receives 24 bids for Lagos/Ibadan, Warri/Itakpe e-ticketing contracts

Eleven companies bid for the Lagos-Ibadan e-ticketing operation while 13 companies bid for Warri-Itakpe e-ticketing standards gauge operation. ByAgency Report November 22, 2021 The Nigerian Railway Corporation says it has received 24 bids on open request for the Lagos/Ibadan and Warri/Itakpe e-ticketing solutions for standards gauge railway operations under Public/Private/Partnership arrangement. The Managing Director of the Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, made the disclosure in Lagos on Monday at the opening of the request. Mr Okhiria, represented by Director […]
17/11/2021

Interior Ministry gets ICRC’s certificate of compliance,  outline business case approval 

From Joseph Inokotong, Abuja The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has approved the Outline  Business Case (OBC) of the Life Safety System, Networking, Monitoring and Dispatcher Real-Time Integration System (LSSNMDI) of the Federal Fire Service (FFS), under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement and presented a Certificate of Compliance to the Minister of Interior. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, while receiving the certificate disclosed that the approval of the OBC by ICRC and subsequent presentation of Certificate of Compliance by the […]
12/11/2021

Ibadan Inland Dry Port Will Be Delivered Within Two Years ― Shippers’ Council Boss

  Project’s Full Business Case to be taken to FEC for approval December 15, he adds By Wale Akinselure On Nov 11, 2021 Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jime, has expressed optimism that the Ibadan Inland Dry Port will be delivered within the next two years. This came to the fore when Jime led top management officials of the NSC on a courtesy call on Governor Seyi Makinde at the Oyo […]
20/09/2021

N50bn modular floating dockyard: ICRC delivers business compliance

By Steve Agbota The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued a Certificate of Compliance for an Outline Business Case (OBC) for the operation of the N50 billion Modular Floating Dockyard acquired by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Acting Director General of the commission, Mr. Michael Ohiani, led a team of ICRC officers to the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos to present the certificate. Ohiani said the agency’s OBC for the Modular Floating Dockyard’s management contract to be […]
15/09/2021

Infrastructure: Katsina Govt Intensifies Drive For Public-Private Partnership

Katsina State government has reiterated its resolve to work with other governmental organisations and private entities to enhance infrastructural and economic development of the state. The state deputy governor Mannir Yakubu stated this when he visited the headquarters of Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in Abuja. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by his chief press secretary, Ibrahim Musa Kallah, the deputy governor said the visit was to increase collaboration between Katsina State […]
27/08/2021

Southeast is strategic industrial, trade hub ― Osinbajo

Detailing some of the ongoing and completed Federal Government projects in the Southeast, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, affirms that the Buhari administration considers the zone a strategic industrial, trade hub, and a major player in Nigeria’s economic growth. The consideration and the projects would also help in lifting people out of poverty. Professor Osinbajo stated this earlier today at the inauguration of two completed projects in Anambra State: the MSMEs Shared Facility at the Ogbunike […]
27/08/2021

Transport: FG Targets 50,000 Jobs from Highway Dev Initiative, Says Fashola

By Kasim Sumaina in Abuja The federal government’s has said that its Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) is expected to create 50,000 direct and over 200,000 indirect jobs, The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure at a just-ended national conference on transportation infrastructure development financing in Nigeria, in Abuja. The conference, organised by the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, Zaria, Tagged, “Sustainable Funding for Transport Infrastructure Development in Nigeria,” is […]
16/08/2021

INVITATION TO BID FOR THE SUPPLY OF ICT EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE

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16/08/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE: Request for EOI – Sundry Consultancy Services

https://www.icrc.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ICRC-Public-Notice-EoI-002-on-sundry-consultancy-services.pdf
11/08/2021

Nigeria’s major airports not designed for international operations – FG

Okechukwu Nnodim 11 August 2021 The four major airports in Nigeria located in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano were not designed as international facilities, the Federal Government said on Tuesday. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this was why the facilities had been put up for concession, adding that the airports were operating below expectations. Sirika disclosed this at a stakeholders’ webinar during his presentation on Nigerian Airport Concession Strategy. In June, The PUNCH reported that […]