Nigeria’s high speed rail project initiated by President Goodluck Jonathan has been rated among the global top 100 world-class infrastructure projects by KPMG.

The rail will connect Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Warri, Bauchi, Abuja, and Port Harcourt and will cost the country $13 billion, much of which will be financed with a loan from the Export Import Bank of China.

The China Railway Construction Corporation has secured the contract to build the 3,218-kilometre network, which will be digitally operated using fibre-optic cables, radio communication and wireless services.

The project is designed to cover 54 stations and will take 25 years to build.




In the report, The Infrastructure 100: World Markets Report, the KPMG panel of judges said the project “will remove heavy freight from Nigeria’s stressed roads, could save the country millions on road maintenance”.

Other African projects on the list are: Khi Solar One (South Africa), Square Kilometer Array (South Africa), PRASA Rolling Stock (South Africa), Kudu Gas Field and CCGT Project (Namibia),Trans-Saharan Natural Gas Project (Nigeria to Algeria), Mombasa-Kigali Railway (Rwanda), KivuWatt (Rwanda), Jinja Bridge (Uganda), and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Terminal (Kenya).

In its note, KPMG said the report highlights key trends driving infrastructure investment around the world.

A global panel of industry experts identifies 100 of the world’s most innovative, impactful infrastructure projects showing how governments are coming together with the private sector to overcome funding constraints to finance and build projects that can improve quality of life – both solving immediate needs and planning for future societal demands.

The report looks at infrastructure based on the dynamics of four key markets: Mature International Markets (like Canada, Australia, and UK), Economic Powerhouses (including the US and BRIC countries), Smaller Established Markets (like Chile, Sweden, New Zealand, Korea and South Africa), and Emerging Markets (including a number of economies in Africa).

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APC minions come and tell us ur own version of the cost and benefit of the railways to the development of nigeria economy.

And some enemies of progress will keep deceiving their people to bomb themselves and destroy their land to make the government look weak.

They keep accusing the man of dividing the nation along religious lines yet the man keeps delivering the benefits of good governance without being biased or marginal.

Honestly the North has every reason to thank Jonathan. Their politicians mean them no good that's why they refused to build schools for them.

Jonathan has built schools for the almajiris and now I'm seeing train stations constructed and mainly domiciled in the North.

Goodluck Jonathan, posterity would judge you. Your good works would surpass you.

Even though you neglected the Niger-delta where you're from and kept pumping out oil money to the insatiable north, whenever they enter train they would keep remembering it's the clueless one that built it.

When they graduate from the almajiris school, proceed to the university cited in their domain and can study the Koran well to know good from bad, they would remember it was the "clueless bastard from otueke" that constructed it.

You the northern masses are good people we know, just your representatives are blood sucking demons. That's why instead of them to build schools for you and educate you, they went to Niger republic to build schools of 1 billion naira.

Maybe not today, maybe Jonathan may not govern you again but what you can't deny is the legacy and the path for development he has brought to your doorstep.

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GEJ till the second coming of Christ.

GEJ ALL THE WAY!!

GEJ is working... We nee more of this actually.

Hope say BH nor go use am against una

pictures please!!!!!!

Good news....waiting

Naija 4 life

lmao.. who are they deceiving... railway is dead and buried in nigeria...

Until we see an Use am.

I CARE-LESS
IT STILL DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT HE WOULD BE VOTED OUT NEXT YEAR!!!

GOODLUCK NIGERIA till 2019

Humm...ok seeing z beliving tho

...........ABI NA THE MONEY WAY THEM COLLECT THEY SWEET THEM......LUBBISH #IGBO

shior paper work project

GEJ till Armageddon.

I pray o. make we see am for eye. abi na another story for the gods



How General Buhari has turned to Tinubu's political godson – PDP
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Old world-class news!!!

Its a welcome project ....it will reduce the tension on our roads when completed..
I'll take a speed train over these flying coffins our airlines gat

PDP go du train

APC go...
create jobs opportunities for the unemployed
Provide electricity and water
Contstruct good roads
Provide proper security
Fight corruption
Contstruct better infrastructure
Provide better transportation system.
Better the lives of Nigerians


Whc one sweet pass??

Wow GEJ/Pdp is working...Apc is talking

This is good - very good

Well done GEJ

Are they taking the piss?

Just like the refineries, ports and bridge...
Let's see it get built first before we start throwing accolades?!

Good development

[size=20pt]25 years to build [/size]

Did I just hear dem say it will take 25years to build? Or was dat a typo?