ABIA STATE RURAL ACCESS AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING PROJECT (RAAMP)-
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES

GOVERNMENT OF ABIA STATE OF NIGERIA
MINISTRY OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND SOCIAL PROTECTION
ABIA STATE RURAL ACCESS AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING PROJECT (RAAMP)
NO. 11 OKPARA AVENUE, UMUAHIA. EMAIL: abiarampspiu@yahoo.com
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES
FOR GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) SERVICE PROVIDER IN ABIA STATE
REFERENCE NO. NG-ABIA RAAMP-432119-CS-CQS
CREDIT NO.: 6519-NG
ISSUE DATE: 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2025.

The Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) is a third-generation rural access project.). The project will be supported with financing from the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD) and will be guided by the Government’s Rural Travel and Transport Policy (RTTP). The lead agency for the Federal Government is the Federal Department of Rural Development (FDRD) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. The Federal Project Management Unit (FPMU) is overseeing the project on behalf of FDRD, while the respective state government of nineteen (19) participating states will implement it. The project development objective of RAAMP is to improve rural access and agricultural marketing in selected network. The participating states are: eleven northern states (Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, kogi, kwara, Niger, Plateau and Sokoto) and eight southern states (Abia, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo).
The project has three distinct components. The project will also have a “zero cost” component (Component D: Contingent Emergency Response) to address emergency requests from the Government in the case of any natural disaster events. The components are: Component A. Improvement of Rural Access and Trading Infrastructure (US$271m); Component B. Asset Management, Agro-logistics Performance Enhancement and Sector Reform (US$253m); and Component C. Institutional Development, Project Management and Risk Mitigation (US$51m). The Project Appraisal Documents provides the project details along with the component details.