The Federal Government has approved 5.3 billion dollars for the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail project, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation said.

The minister disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by his media aide, Mr Israel Ibeleme after the 3rd Maritime Stakeholders Interactive Forum held in Lagos.



“Yesterday, we got approval to complete the 5.3billion dollar Ibadan to Kano rail project and we have also applied for funding to commence coastal rail for the Port-Harcourt to Warri segment.”

Amaechi explained that the minister of Transportation, State, Gbemisola Saraki, has been assigned the responsibilities of overseeing all the maritime agencies.

He will be focusing on the Railway sector.

“In my first term as Minister, I completely abandoned the maritime sector to the Heads of agencies.

“This time around that would not be happening again as I have instructed that the Minister of Transportation for State should personally supervise the maritime agencies, while I just oversee what is happening.



“There are two things that I have discussed with President Muhammadu Buhari that I will be focusing on in this second term as a Minister and they are maritime security and the Single Window project.

“I have assured government that by the end of 2020, we should have the Single Window at our maritime sector.”

President Muhammadu Buhari directed the establishment of the single window platform that would integrate all government agencies at all the entry points into the country to promote trade and boost security.
credit: NAN
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Let's face the fact, for the cost of goods and services to be low in this country, we need an efficient railway system traversing the length and width of this country.

If you goto big countries like turkey,china,japan etc they use rail to connect all their cities,how i wish this can be replicated in Nigeria.

Chinese has this modern train that runs 300km per hour.Thats what we should be going for not LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN.

Connect Lagos-Ibadan-Niger-Kebbi to sokoto(1200)=4hours journey


Lagos-Onitsha(600km) 2hrs journey

Best news of the day.

God Bless Nigeria.

MERCHANDISER:
If you goto big countries like turkey,china,japan etc they use rail to connect all their cities,how i wish this can be replicated in Nigeria.

Chinese has this modern train that runs 300km per hour.Thats what we should be going for not LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN.

Connect Lagos-Ibadan-Niger-Kebbi to sokoto(1200)=4hours journey


Lagos-Onitsha(600km) 2hrs journey

it will take time time to connect every city in Nigeria to railway
This is where private investors comes in..

Watch our aviation and roads transport sectors..its mainly flooded by private companies and investors.

We need private investors in our railways system and we should also prepare to pay through our nose..

Good things doesn't come cheap

rottennaija:
Let's face the fact, for the cost of goods and services to be low in this country, we need an efficient railway system traversing the length and width of this country.

true that..

We also need to support our local production and private investors..