A Thirty-year National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan
(NIIMP) that would cost N485 trillion was ratified by the Federal Government
Wednesday. The approved document which is to serve as a blueprint for
accelerated integrated infrastructure development in the country from 2014 to
2043 was endorsed at the Federal Executive Council (FEC)’s weekly sitting. The
Minister of National Planning/Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission
(NPC), Dr. Suleiman Olarewaju Abubakar, informed journalists of the
ratification. The draft NIIMP is a blueprint for integrated infrastructure
development for the next 30 years based on the country’s economic growth
aspirations. To make it a sustainable document, the minister said the NIIMP
Bill was being drafted and would be presented to the National Assembly as an
Executive Bill in order to provide an enabling legal framework for sustained
implementation. According to the minister, the plan which would cover a period
of 30 years is expected to take $3.05 trillion (N485 trillion) to execute. He
explained that $166.1 billion would be needed to implement the first phase of
the plan which would cover 2014-2018 . He said that the plan would among other
things address the lack of linkages in the infrastructure sector including
energy (power, oil and gas), transport (roads, rail, ports and airports),
housing, water, information and communication technology (ICT). The FEC
approved the award of a contract for the design and construction of four marine
tug boats to facilitate operations at the Nigerian Ports Authority( NPA) to the
tune of €42.9 million.
Guardian Newspaper
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