FG to commence procurement process for concession of highways FG to commence procurement process for concession of highways
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The Federal Government (FG) has unfolded plans to commence procurement process for the highway concessions under the Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI).
It said the HDMI would facilitate further development of Nigeria’s federal highway network by bringing in investment to improve efficiency, accountability, and profitable entrepreneurship to the operation, management, and maintenance of all assets within the Right of Way on the highways.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, stated this at the official handover of the Certificate of Compliance by ICRC, on Friday, in Abuja.
FG to begin procurement of highway concessions
They were attacked by the hoodlums who used wood to block the highway along the Nkalagu axis of Enugu/Abakaliki Expressway, Ishielu local government area of the state.
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Fri Jan 29 2021
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Friday said the procurement of highway concessions would commence forthwith with the receipt of the certificate of compliance under the Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI).
In a press statement by the Director (Press and Public Relations) Boade Akinola, Fashola said the initiative is to facilitate development of Nigeria’s federal highway network by bringing in investment to improve efficiency, accountability and profitable entrepreneurship to the management and maintenance of all assets within the Right of Way on the highways.
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FG to concession 12 highways to private sectors
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By Chris Ochayi – Abuja
Faced with reality of paucity of funds confronting it, the Federal Government, Friday, commenced the procurement process to concession 12 highways to the private sectors under the Public Private Partnership, PPP, scheme.
The concessions arrangement tagged the ‘Highway Development and Management Initiative HDMI’, being promoted by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, would attract investments to the tune of over N1.134 trillion.
The 12 highways selected for the pilot scheme include the Benin-Asaba, Abuja-Lokoja, Kano –Katsina, Onitsha-Owerri-Aba, Shagamu-Benin, Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga, Kano-Shuari, Potiskum-Damaturu, Lokoja-Benin, Enugu-Port Harcourt, Ilorin-Jebba, Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta, and Lagos-Badagry-Seme.
Group happy over work progress on East-West road
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East-West Road in the Niger Delta region…begging for reconstruction
A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Port Harcourt, Rivers, Citizens Quest, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on East-West Road linking the Niger Delta states.
The Group’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Chigozie Okere in a statement on Wednesday in Port Harcourt said the organisation was impressed with the quality and pace of work on the road.
He lauded President Muhammadu Buhari and Sen. Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs for a job well done.
Okere, while commending the Federal Government for responding to its demands to complete the all-important East-West Road, appealed for more funding.
Citizens Quest for truth initiative, a non-governmental has expressed delight over the quality and pace of work at the East-West Road, adding that t President Mohammadu Buhari has Breathed Life into the Road The above view was expressed by Chigozie Chimaraoke Okere, Citizens Quest rsquo;s Deputy National Publicity Secretary in a statement circulated to journalists. According to him, ldquo;The story of the deplorable state of the East-West Road has consistently l