By Adedapo Adesanya
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp) as the lead arranger and developer of Evergreen City, Nigeria’s Green Industrial Zone.
This appointment, according to presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, is in line with the President’s commitment to ensure industrial development that meets the demands of the present and the future of the country.
The corporation, led by its Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Lazarus Angbazo, will among other things, be responsible for the selection of partners and consultants to undertake critical development activities and raising private funding for the development of the city and constituent projects.
The President has also approved the establishment of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen, the supervisory technical working group, to oversee the pioneering endeavour.
The committee is to be chaired by the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, Mr Ngelale.
The President charged the team to drive this critical project with the clear objective of making Nigeria the leading manufacturing hub in Africa for renewable energy technologies, green solutions, and climate-adaptation technologies.
A statement by the Director of Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Segun Imohiosen says the Committee will remove the constraints to coordination, foster a whole-of-government approach to climate-action programmes, provide an efficient governance architecture, and ensure that all relevant institutions in the sector are plugged into the President’s vision and are collectively implementing the Renewed Hope Agenda on climate action.
The Statement however says Mr Ngelale will retain his office as spokesman to the President.
Other members of the committee are:
(1) Lazarus Angbazo (CEO, InfraCorp) – Member
(2) Salisu Dahiru (CEO, NCCC) – Member
(3) Michael Ohiani (CEO, ICRC) – Member
(4) Aisha Rimi (CEO, NIPC) – Member
(5) Aminu Umar-Sadiq (CEO, NSIA) – Member
(6) Yusuf Maina-Bukar (CEO, NAGGW) – Member
(7) Abdullahi Mustapha (CEO, ECN) – Member
(8) Abba Abubakar Aliyu (CEO, REA) – Member
(9) Uzoma Nwagba (CEO, CrediCorp) – Member
(10) Khalil Halilu (CEO, NASENI) – Member
(11) Fatima Shinkafi (CEO, SMDF) – Member
(12) Bala Bello (Deputy Governor, CBN) – Member
(13) Lolade Abiola (UN SE4ALL) – Member
(14) Teni Majekodunmi (NCCC Adviser) – Member
(15) Representative, Federal Ministry of FCT – Member
(16) Representative, Federal Ministry of Finance – Member
(17) Representative, Federal Ministry of Power – Member
(18) Representative, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment – Member
(19) Representative, Federal Ministry of Water Resources – Member
(20) Representative, Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security – Member
(21) Representative, Federal Inland Revenue Service – Member
(22) Representative, Nigeria Customs Service – Member