ABUJA - President Muhammadu Buhari
yesterday ordered the Ministry of
Transport to keep to the agreements
reached with firms building seaports
and modern standard gauge railway
lines. He spoke while being briefed on the
activities of the ministry by its top
officials, led by the Permanent
Secretary, Mohammed Sambo Bashar. Briefing State House correspondents
after the meeting, the Permanent
Secretary said the President was
impressed with the pace of work on
major projects in the sector. According to him, laying of tracks on
the Abuja-Kaduna rail project had
been completed while locomotives,
which had been paid for were still
being awaited as operations would
commence on the route by December. He said the rail lines from Lagos to
Kano, Kano to Port Harcourt and Port
Harcourt to Gombe were in operation. He said: “Basically, what we did is to
present to the President the various
programmes and projects and the
reform efforts we have been
undertaking in the last couple of
years, the stages of the various projects, especially the railway
rehabilitation programme and
development in our seaports. And also
some of the regulatory issues that we
sought are due for review and
attention. “The President quite appreciated a lot
of what has been achieved so far and
he has indicated his willingness to
continue with a lot of projects and
programmes already on ground. And
he has expressed his support, especially when we start talking about
the capacity building for individual
operators in the country. He is really
appreciative of the entrepreneur
initiatives of Nigerians and indication
that government will continue to give its full support. “There are issues that he thinks we
should pay a lot of attention, especially
in the execution of agreements that
we have entered into. He emphasized
on the need to adhere strictly to the
terms of agreements and we are going to abide by that. “Basically, those agreements are
relating to the projects we entered into
with the construction of railway,
standard gauge lines and
rehabilitation programmes.” Asked to give updates on ongoing
projects, he said: “Well, I think the
rehabilitation programme of the old
gauge lines, as you are aware, we
have completed the Lagos-Kano and it
is operational. Twice a week, people move from Lagos to Kano and back to
Lagos. “We have also recently commenced
operation from Kano to Port Harcourt,
and Port Harcourt to Gombe and from
Gombe upwards we have some
challenges. “With regards to Abuja-Kaduna, track
has been completely laid and we are
now waiting for locomotives to arrive,
which have been ordered and paid
for. Our belief is that we will meet the
deadline of December, 2015.”
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Buhari my Hero.

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about time i sip ori malu

Who is still in the wilderness that Jonathan did nothing in office. Let the clue continue while we await Buhari's govt handiwork. God help good president of Nigeria.