“There is a lot of alignment and convergence in our work in infrastructure, which is a core pillar in the Bank’s strategy in Nigeria. This meeting will be useful in helping us identify opportunities to zero in on.” – Lamin Barrow, Director General, African Development Bank Group
To unpack lessons learnt from our Roads work, we present the history and politics of previous NIAF programmes, which influenced how the Roads work in UKNIAF was carried out
Despite changes, pivots, and budget cuts UKNIAF’s Roads component consistently delivered its strategy through three work streams: Roads Asset Management System (RAMS), Reform, and Project Delivery.
NERC is now able to monitor DisCos SBT SLA compliance at all 11kV feeders. The solution also features a range of supporting compliance and data integrity controls.
With the recognition that an effective IRP must be participatory and engaging of all stakeholders, the IRP will need more than one policy change champion.
In keeping with the programme’s inclusive and sustainable development focus, UKNIAF adopted a climate sensitive and “people first” approach to the design of its infrastructure finance interventions
The three lessons in this blog describe how we were able to engineer this transition, keeping our core model in place, retaining our ever important partnerships, continuing to contribute towards our impact, but delivering a different set of tools and processes.
Key considerations for project selection, prioritisation and development in Nigeria
To improve the capacity of government agencies to screen, prepare bankable climate-smart infrastructure projects, and access downstream financing
Supporting Nigerian Roads Sector Ministries and Agencies in incorporating climate considerations into Federal Road Network maintenance, planning, prioritisation and surveys
