Local markets in Niger state are being reinvigorated for economic rejuvenation and harnessed for their immense potential as commercial hubs for development and growth to the state in line with the effort of the Niger State governor Rt. Hon. Umaru Mohammed Bago to jump-start the informal sector for maximum impact.

In furtherance of the vision by the Bago plan to deliver a #NewNiger and make the state markets driven for economic and a sustainable future through critical private sector investment, the Niger state public-private partnership agency visited the Dikko Market which was conceived in 2016 by Gurara local government and a private firm, El-Kabir Nigeria Ltd to construct a market on build and sell (BS)arrangement.

The Agency said the visit to the Diko market project was to revive and retract the project following its mandate of facilitating infrastructural development and investment in the state.

Niger State PPP Coordinator, Mohammed Saidu Etsu who led the delegation restated his agency’s commitment to carry out her major function of coordinating all PPP transactions, regulating, monitoring, and evaluating compliance with terms and conditions of such PPP agreements to ensure that the state gets the best possible outcomes in such arrangements.

He announced that the investor at the Diko market has agreed to re-mobilize to site and complete the project within the next 6 months.