After 30 years in doldrums, the new Warri-Itakpe Standard Gauge rail has been completed and would begin commercial operation on Monday, Nov. 19.

Mr Niyi Alli, Director, Operations of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has endeavoured to complete the project.

He confirmed that the train service has been put on test-run, carrying passengers free of charge.

“The Warri-Itakpe, as we all know, the project has been ongoing for a while.

“This administration has endeavoured to complete it and we’ve commenced trial runs since then.

“We intend to commence trial commercial operation without charging people between Warri and Itakpe.

“In the middle of November, we have a target of 19th of November and we are working very seriously to achieve that date.

“It’s going to open up new parts of the country to the railway system, especially areas that have never had train services before in Nigeria.

“So I’m very excited about that and the people around there, are very excited; we are getting a lot of cooperation from the local indigenes from that network area.

“It’s something I’m personally proud of; people are going to see railway again, they’ve seen our service on the Abuja-Kaduna.

“We are going to run a very reliable service, very punctual service and a very safe service,’’ Alli said.

NAN reports that the 327 kilometres-Warri-Itakpe rail line runs from Warri in Delta, through Edo and Ajaokuta and terminate at Itakpe in Kogi in Kogi.

It was conceived more than 30 years ago to connect Nigeria’s Iron Ore Mining and Steel Production belt (Iron Ore Mining Company in Itakpe, Ajaokuta Steel Company, and Delta Steel Company in Aladja, Warri).

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Buhari till 2023, Thunder fire atiku.... Buhari is working!!! Sai Baba

Good news

Nice one

OK ooo

destiny00:
this is nice. election almost here

Stop talking nonsense

When PDP was in power, were there no elections?
Why didn't PDP do anything even during election time?

Ok

Hope we can maintain this railway business o

Good News!

Great news, still doesn't mean the dullard of daura wont go back

With these APC government it is hard to believe anything these days. What I see up there are pictures of a construction site. Pictures of coaches running on the tracks or I don't believe

Ipob in pain right now...

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Thank u our able presidoo Muhammad Buhari. God bless u richly. May He in His mercies grant u 2nd term to finish all ur good projects u av started in Jesus name. I salute u sir PMB

Bad news for the children of the hate.....

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tope24:
Great news, still doesn't mean the dullard of daura wont go back

With your 5% votes?

Oh What a great president we have in Buhari! God rebuke and blast Atiku/PDP/Saraki/OBJ/IBB and all the other evil men...

Ipob donkeys.what do you all have to say?

Nigeria my country..... we shall get there sha

SAI BABA

Baba Buhari till 2023 haters can kill themselves

This president is really trying o

I hope we would all learn from all these, certificate is not all it takes. it takes the will to do good, the interest of the masses at heart and selfless service. with little money available Buhari has done things that were almost considered unachievable. these are projects that other administrations used as pipe to drain our collective wealth and at the end they still end up abandoning the same project but here we have a different government.
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Before know, we only hear about Itape--warri rail line in stories that ends with "good old days" but today Buhari is closing that gap and setting foundation for a better tomorrow.
if they don't about installing an internationally recognized thief as a president, why should I care about Buhari's certificate. what I care about is Nigeria my country, my children who are my future.

Lol

Bad news for wailers

Open letter to Baba Buhari:

Baba Buhari, abeg you in the name of whatever you believe in...No allow us go back to those dark ages.
Anyhow anyhow, ones you know say the picture no too clear as per clear win for your candidacy in 2019, abeg, dambaru the thing...no use church mind..rig the thing, let opposition go fight the legality for tribunal.
No return us to those people ooo..abeg you.

...PMB must enter!!!

Seetto:
Ipob in pain right now...

cos no more traffic to hawk gala and coke..�