Nigeria can’t develop without openness, transparency —SGF

SECRETARY to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has said that Nigeria depends on transparency and openness to develop and achieve success as a nation.

The SGF said this when he received in audience, the management team of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), who were in his office Abuja, to present to him, the 2018 Africa Investor Award which the Commission won at the recent Africa Investor CEO Infrastructure Project Developers Summit in Mauritius.

Receiving the award, Mr Mustapha congratulated the delegation on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari and said that winning the award in far away Mauritius was an outstanding feat which showed the resilience and excellence of the Nigerian spirit. He commended the innovations that the current management of the ICRC had introduced.

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Mustapha also frowned at the situation at Onitsha river port, six years after its completion and inauguration.

He said that the river port would boost economic activities in Onitsha considering its proximity to the main market which was considered to be one of the biggest markets in West Africa.

He added that apart from the revenue and jobs that the port could create, there would be massive development of inland water ways of the host communities as well.

Acting Director-General/CEO of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Chidi Izuwah, earlier in his remark, said he was in the office of the SGF to present to the him, the 2018 Africa Investor (Ai) Infrastructure Investment Awards in which Nigeria won the Infrastructure Regulator of the Year.

He commended President Buhari’s administration for its doggedness in the fight against corruption, using transparency as a veritable tool, and the zeal to support the Commission to achieve success.

He also presented a three-year annual report which covered 2015, 2016 2017 respectively and the Commission’s bulletin to him.