The acting Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Mr Michael Ohiani, says the commission intended to gazette a pipeline of 53 eligible and bankable Public-Private Partnership projects valued at about $22 billion this year.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, says the federal government and African governments must provide an enabling environment for the private sector to support infrastructure development.
He says African governments must also resist pressure to erect trade barriers for intra-African trade to flourish adding that currently, intra-African trade amongst African states is about 10 per cent of total exports – the lowest amongst other regions in the world.