Kamfanin Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Company Limited (BAECC) ya naɗa ƙwararren masani kan haɗin gwiwar gwamnati da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu (PPP) da ayyukan more rayuwa, Dr Oforkanji Emmanuel Onwodi, a matsayin Babban Jami’in Ayyuka (COO).
Kamfanin ya bayyana cewa naɗin zai ƙara ƙarfafa shugabancinsa yayin da yake ci gaba da shirye-shiryen raya da kuma kula da hanyar Benin-Asaba.
Onwodi, wanda ƙwararren akawu ne kuma masani kan harkokin kuɗaɗen ayyukan more rayuwa, yana da gogewa sama da shekaru 25 a fannonin raya ababen more rayuwa, kula da kwangilolin concession, kuɗaɗen ayyuka, kula da haɗari, sufuri da harkokin logistics.
Ya taɓa zama babban jami’i a Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, inda ya shafe shekaru 14 yana aiki a manyan mukamai da suka shafi ababen more rayuwa na sufuri, tsare-tsare, bincike da ƙididdiga da kuma ayyuka na musamman.
A sabon matsayinsa, Onwodi zai jagoranci aiwatar da ayyukan concession na hanyar Benin-Asaba, tare da daidaita hulɗa tsakanin masu ruwa da tsaki da kuma tallafa wa cimma manufofin dogon lokaci na BAECC.
Ayyukansa za su kuma haɗa da inganta tsarin gudanar da ayyuka, tabbatar da bin ƙa’idojin concession da ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwa tsakanin hukumomin gwamnati, masu saka jari, ’yan kwangila, masu ba da lamuni, al’ummomin da aikin ya shafa da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki.
Kamfanin ya ce gogewar Onwodi wajen haɗa manufofin gwamnati da jarin kamfanoni masu zaman kansu da manyan ayyukan more rayuwa za ta taimaka wajen ciyar da aikin hanyar gaba.
A lokacin aikinsa a gwamnati, Onwodi ya shiga cikin tsarawa, duba da kuma aiwatar da manyan ayyukan PPP da ababen more rayuwa da suka shafi tituna, layin dogo, tashoshin jiragen ruwa, sufurin jiragen sama, makamashi, gidaje da ayyukan more rayuwar jama’a.
Ya kuma yi aiki kan tsara da tattaunawa kan yarjejeniyoyin concession, project finance, financial modelling, rabon haɗari da kuma hanyoyin rage matsalolin kuɗaɗen da gwamnati za ta iya fuskanta.
Daga cikin ayyukan da ya taka rawa a cikinsu akwai Nigerian Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan da National Infrastructure Financing Policy, da kuma jagororin aiwatar da tsarin PPP a ma’aikatu, hukumomi da sassan gwamnatin tarayya.
Haka kuma, ya kasance cikin kwamitin hukumomi da ya samar da tsarin Sukuk bond na Najeriya, wanda aka tsara domin faɗaɗa hanyoyin samun kuɗaɗen raya ababen more rayuwa.
A fannin sufuri, gogewarsa ta haɗa da concession na tituna, tsarin tara kuɗin toll, raya layin dogo, manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa, dry ports, truck transit parks da ababen more rayuwa na jiragen sama.
Ya kuma shiga tattaunawa da tsara concession na layukan dogo na Gabas da Yamma, waɗanda darajarsu ta haura dala biliyan 2.2, tare da sauran ayyukan da suka shafi harkokin layin dogo.
A fannin tashoshin jiragen ruwa, ya yi aiki kan tsarin raya Badagry Deep-Sea Port, Ibom Deep-Sea Port da Bakassi Port, baya ga wasu tsare-tsaren sufuri da logistics.
Onwodi ya kuma shiga cikin tsara tsarin PPP da financial modelling a fannonin jiragen sama, samar da wutar lantarki, samar da makamashin ruwa da sauran ayyukan makamashi.
Ya riƙe digirin Ph.D. a fannin Risk Management in Public-Private Partnerships, tare da bincikensa ya mayar da hankali kan haɗarin kuɗaɗen da gwamnati za ta iya ɗauka. Haka kuma yana da M.Sc. a Risk Management daga Birmingham City University da B.A. a International Accounting daga University of Northampton, dukkansu a Birtaniya.
Yana kuma da Postgraduate Diploma a Logistics and Supply Chain Management daga Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, Zaria.
Daga cikin ƙwarewarsa ta sana’a akwai kasancewarsa Fellow na Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria da Fellow na Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Haka kuma ƙwararre ne a fannin PPP, Chartered Financial Consultant da Chartered Management Consultant.
Bayan ayyukan raya ababen more rayuwa, Onwodi shi ne Daraktan Programme and Capacity Building na PPP Practitioners Association of Nigeria, sannan shi ne Shugaban reshen Abuja na Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
Da yake magana kan naɗin nasa, Onwodi ya ce: “Ababen more rayuwa su ne gadar da ke haɗa hangen nesa da ci gaba. Ta hanyar raba haɗari yadda ya kamata, haɗin gwiwa mai gaskiya da aiwatarwa cikin tsari, za mu iya mayar da yarjejeniyoyin concession zuwa ɗorewar amfanin jama’a.”
Hanyar Benin-Asaba ana raya ta ne ƙarƙashin tsarin haɗin gwiwar gwamnati da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu, kuma tana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen haɗa jihohin Edo da Delta.
Hanyar tana sauƙaƙa zirga-zirgar mutane da kayayyaki tsakanin sassa daban-daban na kudancin Najeriya, yayin da ci gabanta na dogon lokaci ke buƙatar ƙwarewar injiniya, gudanar da concession, samar da kuɗaɗen aiki, kula da haɗari da haɗin gwiwa da masu ruwa da tsaki.
BAECC ta ce naɗin Onwodi ya nuna ƙudurin kamfanin na samar da ƙwararrun shugabanni da za su taimaka wajen ganin an kammala aikin hanyar Benin-Asaba bisa ƙa’idojin da ake buƙata na manyan ayyukan more rayuwa na ƙasa.
Kamfanin ya ƙara da cewa babban abin da yake mayar da hankali a kai a yanzu shi ne aiwatar da concession yadda ya kamata da kuma ci gaba da kyakkyawar hulɗa da masu ruwa da tsaki domin samar da hanya ta Benin-Asaba mai aminci, inganci da zamani.