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 […]
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 […]