 A bill second to regulate public-private partnership, PPP, in Nigeria has killed second reading at the Senate. These were secret to the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by the sponsor, Senator Adamo Aliero during plenary on Wednesday. The bill is titled, A Bill for an Act to Repure the Infrastructure Concession, a Regulatory Commission, Private Partnership Regulatory Commission. Aliero said that the bill sought to repure the infrastructure concession, a Regulatory Commission Act 20 or 2005 and inact the Public-Private Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill 2021. He further said that one of the major challenges affected the growth of the nation's economy was the huge deficits in both the areas of social and economic infrastructure, roads, railway and seaports. The Public-Private Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill 2021 will therefore be very key and centered to leverage on private sector investment and capacity to bridge the country's enormous infrastructure gap through an effective framework for public partnership in Nigeria. The Public-Private Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill is meant to consolidate and facilitate private sector investment in the provision of new and rehabilitation and maintenance of existing infrastructure to expedite development processes and ensure efficient and equitable use of the national resources. Act to repeal the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission Act 2005 and inact the Public-Private Partnership Regulatory Commission to strengthen and enhance the supervisory role of the Commission and effectively position it in regulating the participation of public and private sectors in financing of construction, development, designing, operation, or maintenance of infrastructure and for related matters 2020 and 2020 and the bill is referred to the Committee on Works to report back within four weeks. Thank you very much. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.