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25 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
MD @nigerianports, @hadizabalausman on Channels Sunrise now, speaking about port decongestion efforts. The new electronic call-up system, ETO launches on Saturday Feb 27.
The plan is for the electronic call-up system for trucks to work in conjunction with a network of approved Truck Parks (8 approved so far).
.@hadizabalausman: There will be glitches and teething issues in the deployment of the electronic call-up system, but we must start. We will address the issues as they arise.
MD @nigerianports: Trial runs have already started on this line. Should be up and running fully in a few months

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22 Feb
Last Thursday, @NigeriaGov and Siemens AG signed contract for the pre-engineering phase of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI). Recall that the FGN payment was approved last year. FGN has set up an SPV known as the FGN Power Company to work with Siemens to implement.
July 2020:
A recap of what the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) will cover. (Used to be known as the Nigeria Electrification Roadmap - NER).

Three (3) Phases in all:
1: Target of 7,000MW operational grid capacity
2: 11,000MW
3: 25,000MW
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18 Feb
The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Assessment (ESIA) of the proposed rehabilitation & reconstruction of the 1,443km Port-Harcourt—Maiduguri Narrow Gauge Railway (65 LGAs, 12 States) & accessories is now on display nationwide, for public input: ead.gov.ng/eastern-railwa…
The new proposed “accessories” to the PH-Maiduguri Line are as follows:

—Bonny-Onne-Elelenwo-Ubima-Owerri Branch Line in Rivers & Imo States

—Port Harcourt Industrial Park

—Bonny Deep Seaport (Capacity of 100,000DMT container vessel & 50,000DWT bulk vessel, on Bonny Island).
The revamped PH—Maiduguri Line will have the following additions constructed:

216km Gashua Branch Line: Goniri—Gashua narrow gauge

200km Kaduna Connecting line: Kafanchan—Rigachikun narrow gauge

35km Jos Branch line: Kuru—Jos n.g.

New Rigachikun & Assa Transshipment Stations.
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9 Feb
You can watch the #KanoMaradiRail groundbreaking ceremony live on @NTANewsNow
#KanoMaradiLine is a standard gauge rail line; contractor is Portuguese firm, MOTA-ENGIL; cost is ~$1.9 billion.

This is the route: Kano-Danbatta-Kazaure-Daura-Mashi-Katsina-Jibiya- Maradi (Niger Republic) - 284km length — plus a 94km branch line to Dutse in Jigawa State.
#KanoMaradiRail
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7 Feb
Minister of Transportation @ChibuikeAmaechi has just been a guest of @seunokin on Channels. Lots of interesting things said about rail and ports. Let me share the ones I can remember

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The $1.9bn Kano-Katsina-Maradi Line which will be flagged off this week (groundbreaking) by PMB is one of Nigeria’s strategic attempts to position itself to take advantage of Niger’s landlocked status. The line will connect from Kano to the Apapa Port in Lagos.
According to him, the financing being negotiated will come mostly from Europe.

Also, he says Maradi, the terminus of the line, is only 20km from the Nigerian border. Plan is for Maradi to have an Inland Port Complex that will process goods coming from or going to Apapa Port.
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6 Feb
I think the big lesson here is that this vaccine allocation and distribution is a ‘constantly developing situation.’ The media and everyone else must approach it with that context. Plans and strategies can change anytime, even while the ultimate goal remains the same.
So we’ve seen Covax modify initial distribution arrangement for Nigeria. But timelines so far intact.

Note that Covax is not the only facility Nigeria will be benefiting from, there’s also the @_AfricanUnion one (which I imagine’ll be discussed at ongoing 34th Assembly Session).
The WHO has also made it clear that there’s one milestone still to be crossed with the AZ vaccine - it has to be formally listed by it for emergency use. But this listing process is “ongoing” and outcome “expected soon.”
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29 Jan
Opportunity Alert: @NigeriaGov’s Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI). Pay attention.

HDMI is a new program that has (in Phase 1) identified 10 Federal highways (= ~2,225 km) for private sector investment and participation.

According to @tundefashola:

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The 10 Federal highways in Phase 1 of the HDMI
The basic idea is to get the private sector to develop and manage key federal roads, as a way out of the funding limitations that have historically existed.
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