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Japan-funded land-border MIDAS expansion

Awarded Status as of 12 April 2016 · Funding type: Grant

IOM announced a USD 910,000 Japanese allocation for Nigeria's land-border management in April 2016 1. The one-year project planned MIDAS installation at four additional crossings, taking coverage to nine. Its stated functions included watchlist checks and registration of foreign nationals 1. This entry records the funded project at announcement, not verified completion or Nigeria's current nationwide coverage. IOM is the programme implementer, not an identified private concessionaire. The source does not disclose an applicant fee, commercial revenue split or individual equipment-supplier contract, and the programme budget should not be read as one.

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Buyer
Nigeria Immigration Service 1
Vendor
International Organization for Migration (programme implementer)
Vendor based in
International organization, not a private vendor 1
Signed
Not published
Duration
One year, planned through February 2017 1
Value
USD 910,000 Japanese allocation to the programme, not a private-vendor contract price 1
Funding
donor grant, Japan's 2015 supplementary budget 1
Procurement route
Donor-funded programme, commercial subcontract procedures not published 1
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
Announced functions include traveller checks against national and international watchlists and registration of foreign nationals. Detailed contractual controls are not published 1

Timeline

  1. 12 April 2016: Recorded status is Awarded.

Sources

  1. IOM: Japan backs Nigerian border-management project (12 April 2016, implementing organization statement)

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