FG Issues Commencement Notice Of Procurement Process For Highway Concessionaires

The Federal Government has today issued the notice for the
Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) to commence
the procurement for the twelve federal highway roads it intends to
concession under its novel Highway Management Development
Initiative (HMDI) conceived last year.

Accordingly, the ministry has launched an e-portal commencing
the procurement process for the twelve pilot federal highway roads
for concession.

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN),
stated that the e-portal was launched in order to ensure
competitiveness and guarantee transparency and would serve as the
interface with the public in the management of the HDMI from
procurement to implementation.

He said: Let me repeat that all our transactions will be done
through this portal and we will not entertain any personal
inquiries to me or to any of our staff who have correspondingly
been mandated not to entertain such requests.

He said that the portal: https://hdmi.worksand
housing.gov.ng/^[1]) would be
opened for operation from next Monday and called on those who have
written for enquiries to make use of it.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Babangida Hussaini,
stated that the ministerial notice on the commencement of the
Highways Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) signaled the
commencement of the procurement process for the concession of the
twelve pilot broad corridors under HDMI.

The Acting Director-General, Infrastructure Concession
Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr. Micheal Ohiani, said ICRC as a
Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) regulatory commission would ensure
a level playing ground for all interested players.

The Federal Government has today issued the notice for the
Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) to commence
the procurement for the twelve federal highway roads it intends to
concession under its novel Highway Management Development
Initiative (HMDI) conceived last year.

Accordingly, the ministry has launched an e-portal commencing
the procurement process for the twelve pilot federal highway roads
for concession.

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN),
stated that the e-portal was launched in order to ensure
competitiveness and guarantee transparency and would serve as the
interface with the public in the management of the HDMI from
procurement to implementation.

He said: Let me repeat that all our transactions will be done
through this portal and we will not entertain any personal
inquiries to me or to any of our staff who have correspondingly
been mandated not to entertain such requests.

He said that the portal: https://hdmi.worksand
housing.gov.ng/^[1]) would be
opened for operation from next Monday and called on those who have
written for enquiries to make use of it.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Babangida Hussaini,
stated that the ministerial notice on the commencement of the
Highways Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) signaled the
commencement of the procurement process for the concession of the
twelve pilot broad corridors under HDMI.

The Acting Director-General, Infrastructure Concession
Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr. Micheal Ohiani, said ICRC as a
Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) regulatory commission would ensure
a level playing ground for all interested players.