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Nigeria approves $4.29bn infrastructure projects in ports and power

Lagos, Nigeria. © Unsplash
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  • Private investors to fully finance three major port and power projects
  • Approvals seen as boost for trade, energy supply and market confidence

 

ABUJA, NIGERIANigeria’s cabinet has approved $4.29 bn worth of public-private partnership projects, signalling renewed investor confidence after years of infrastructure funding strain.

The Federal Executive Council cleared three major PPP developments: the Bakassi Deep Seaport in Cross River State, the Ondo Deep Seaport in southwest Nigeria and a 460 MW Katsina-Ala hydropower plant in the country’s north-central region. All three projects will be financed entirely by private investors and implemented under the regulatory supervision of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC).

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