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Mar 13 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
INFRASTRUCTURE

2017/18: Construction started on
—2nd Niger Bridge
—Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
—Lekki Deep Sea Port (private-sector-led)
—Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway
NSIA-Lekki Cancer Center

Also 2017/18: PMB established #PIDFund & @NigeriaGov raised first Sovereign Sukuks
For Lag-Ibadan, I’m referring to the construction contract that’s now completing it. Work started during GEJ, but their financing mechanism failed/legal issues arose & project had stalled by time PMB assumed office. It was estab of #PIDFund in 2018 that revived & is completing it
HERE: The LagIb Express story-

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Mar 11
This PhD - can it be for real?

This thing where you constantly highlight Ghana news and deliberately unlook Nigeria news, you CANNOT be educated and be doing it.

Toyota went to Ghana yes, but several others are here in Nigeria, incl Hyundai, Honda, GAC, Geely, Kia, Peugeot etc Image
This year, already, Peugeot is back assembling cars in Nigeria, in a JV with Dangote Group. Brand new plant, hasn’t even been formally commissioned yet. Image
Geely Assembly plant in Nigeria, opened 2020.

Before you open an ignorant mouth to try and diss the Geely brand, remember they own sizable stakes in Daimler (owners of Mercedes Benz) and Volvo, and in 2020 announced a new JV with Mercedes-Benz AG to focus on electric vehicles.
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Mar 11
.@NigeriaGov has so far done a fantastic job on the #Ukraine evacuation. We’ve come a long way from the initial reports suggesting abandonment of Nigerians — even at a time when serious work was going on behind the scenes to sort out diplomatic + logistical pre-evac issues.
Naturally, the media enthusiasm about reporting “abandonment” far exceeds any enthusiasm for reporting UPDATES that suggest things are being done right.

But what matters most is that all Nigerians who want to return home are able to do so promptly & safely. And that’s ongoing.
Kudos to @NigeriaMFA @FMHDSD @nidcom_gov @NGRPresident and all other MDAs involved in the evacuation effort. And of course all the concerned Nigerian Missions in and around #Ukraine.
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Feb 25
One can safely and boldly assert that no elected Nigerian President has signed into Law as many landmark reform parliamentary Bills as President Muhammadu Buhari has so far done.

A quick list of key ones (by no means is this a list of ALL):
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), 2021, which finally became an Act after almost two decades of false starts. Broken — one of the Greatest Jinxes Ever Liveth!
The Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Act, 1993 (Amendment) Act, 2019, coming almost three decades after the original legislation.
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Feb 25
From Abuja where PMB has just signed into law the historic Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022, we move to Lagos, where the VP is commissioning @KCCorp’s new $80m manufacturing facility, in Ikorodu. Host Governor @jidesanwoolu is also here. #InvestNigeria
Speaking now: Governor @jidesanwoolu of Lagos State
#InvestNigeria
Governor @jidesanwoolu says he looks forward to inviting PMB to Commission the new massive Rice Mill being completed in Imota, Ikorodu.

He’s now listing all the major road projects being undertaken by @followlasg and @NigeriaGov in Ikorodu.
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Feb 24
I will try to live-tweet highlights of #StateHouseBriefing, featuring Governor @elrufai this morning. Follow this thread. See previous tweet for livestream link.
#StateHouseBriefing
Security actions and interventions in Kaduna State, by @NigeriaGov with support of @GovKaduna
#StateHouseBriefing
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Feb 22
.@NigeriaGov in Benue:

—Loko-Oweto Bridge, across River Benue (bridge completed, approach roads in progress)

—Vandeikya-Obudu Cattle Ranch Road (completed)

—Kashimbila Power Plant (in Taraba), with transmission infrastructure extending to Yandev & Makurdi in Benue.

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.@NigeriaGov in Benue:

Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), 8.25MW power plant, as part of #EnergizingEducation
.@NigeriaGov in Benue State:
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