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Buhari approves creation of $2.6bn company, Infra-Co to tackle infrastructure deficit

by Adejayan Gbenga Gsong
February 12, 2021
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the creation of a company, Infra-Co, to fast-track development of critical infrastructure, with around $2.6 billion in initial financing.

Nigeria slipped into recession in its third-quarter in 2020, for the second time in four years, hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a fall in oil prices, and faces a huge infrastructure deficit.

The company, Infra-Co, will be one of the top infrastructure finance entities in Africa and will be wholly dedicated to Nigeria’s infrastructure development, a presidency statement said.

Infra-Co will operate as a public-private partnership and will be initially funded by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority and the Africa Finance Corporation.

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According to the statement, the company will focus on developing public assets and reconstruction as well as new roads, rail, power and other key infrastructure sector projects.

The IMF expects Nigeria’s economy to contract by at least 3 per cent this year, a situation many fear will further deepen the country’s infrastructure crisis and worsen an economy already struggling with the impact of the pandemic.

Senate last year approved nearly $23 billion (18.9 billion euros) in foreign loan requests by Buhari to support a series of large-scale projects, which the government hopes will revamp the country’s crumbling infrastructure.

Buhari early this week also launched a $1.96 billion rail project linking to neighbouring Niger as the country looks to boost its growth.

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