Fed Govt not willing to sell public properties, says Sirika

• Published date: 18 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika has said the present administration is not willing to sell government its assets.

The minister said the proposed concession of some public properties was targeted at making them better and to get value for money.

Sirika spoke during the ministry's bidders' conference for aerotropolis and cargo terminal development on Monday in Abuja.

The conference was in line with the criteria in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement phase and in fulfillment of the provision of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Act and National Policy on Public-Private Partnership.

A statement yesterday in Abuja by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Sani Dattii, quoted Sirika as saying: 'Government is committed to the projects. That is why it is taking time because of due diligence, as ICRC is superintending the process.

'As an entity regulating PPP, we follow their template so that the public gets the value for money.

'The present administration is not willing to sell public properties but willing to make them better by giving them to the private sector to make them better so that there is value for the money.'

The ministry's Director of...