Edo, AfDB Partner On Infrastructure

The Edo State Government and the African Development Bank have concluded plans for a strategic partnership focused on urban transportation, infrastructure, urban renewal, youth employment, and human capital development.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, Fred Itua, stated that the agreement was reached at a high-level technical meeting between the two entities.

The Edo State delegation, led by the Commissioner for Finance, Emmanuel Okoebor, engaged in a business dialogue with a seven-member team from the AfDB, headed by the Vice President for Infrastructure, Industrialisation and Private Sector Development, Dr Solomon Quaynor, and the bank’s Director-General for Nigeria, Dr. Abdul Kamara.

The meeting, according to the statement, took place on the sidelines of the ongoing National Public-Private Partnership Summit at the Presidential Villa and was a significant side event attended by senior officials from various AfDB divisions, including Infrastructure, Human Capital, Climate Change, Private Sector, and Agriculture.