Ever8090:
In as much as I don't like Buhari if he actually execute those projects,he will be the best president Nigeria have ever produce...I learnt that onisha sea port have started receiving goods..

Cyberterror:
And again, Amaechi shames Wike. While Amaechi is developing critical infrastructure across the country, Wike is promoting Ikwerre superiority and bribing judges everywhere.

GIdiata:
Federal government Wednesday approved the sum of $3.02bn for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern narrow gauge railway.

Disclosing this the minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said “The Federal Executive Council has approved the award of contracts for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern narrow gauge railway, with new branch lines and trans-shipment facilities.

“The council also approved the construction of a new deep seaport in Bonny, under PPP and the construction of a railway industrial park in Port Harcourt.

“The railway line will be at the cost of $3,020,279,549. The industrial park, which is under PPP, at no cost to Federal Government, will cost $241,154,389.31. The Bonny deep seaport will cost $461,924,369, at no cost to the Federal Government.

“The Port Harcourt to Maiduguri narrow gauge railway will have new branch lines: from Port Harcourt to Bonny and from Port Harcourt to Owerri are new lines.

“There is another connecting narrow gauge to standard gauge at Kafanchan. There is a branch line from Gombe or before Maiduguri to Damaturu and Gashau.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/10/fg-approves-3-02bn-for-port-harcourt-maiduguri-rail-line/

Ever8090:
In as much as I don't like Buhari if he actually execute those projects,he will be the best president Nigeria have ever produce...I learnt that onisha sea port have started receiving goods..

chiefolododo:
My question is "how important is the railway"?

Will it improve our economy drastically ??

Will it take care of unemployment??

GIdiata:
Ameachi is actually trying.

before you quote me please answer this, Apart from joining APC(Hausa party) and dinning with "NORTHERS", tell me why you hate AMAECHI?

Compare his Admiration to Wike's Administration
Compare him with every other Minister in "Buhari's Cabinet"

Freestainworld:
is he the one that built the sea port?

pandax:


Narrow guage in this age and time Amaechi. You built standard guage in West and North, and you plan narrow guage for your people for $3.2b

Lagos to Ibadan is $1.9b and about 200km for standard guage. Why don't you do PH to Makurdi, a distance of 380km with that $3.2b and when there is more money, we can do Makurdi to Maiduguri.

In any case, I know it will never get off pipeline until this administration is over. I am deeply disappointed in you if this is your plan for us

Ever8090:
In as much as I don't like Buhari if he actually execute those projects,he will be the best president Nigeria have ever produce...I learnt that onisha sea port have started receiving goods..

Bro,
You are a PIPE dreamer to think Buhari will build this line. Just think for a moment how much it will take to construct a railway bridge over the waters from PH to Bonny. Then from PH to Maiduguri. Yet the total amount they hope to borrow is $3 billion dollars?

Lol... this is just 2023 election money that they are spoiling for how to get Chinese loans for railway and simply use it for elections.

Recall when Buhari removed a whopping $1 billion dollars from the foreign reserve prior to 2019 presidential elections claiming he would fund the military with state of the art weapons to win Boko Haram. Ask yourself where is that money or the weapons? Answer: The money was all diverted to fund the 2019 re-election! As they will do with this $3 billion

Rossinky:


The USA became the world's biggest economy largely by expanding its railroad infrastructure starting from the late 19th century.

Rail transport has the effect of drastically reducing the cost of transporting goods, and hence, drastically reducing the cost of doing business, which leads to an EXPLOSION in commerce, trade, and manufacturing.

Nigeria has a national railway masterplan which connects every single state by rail, and this latest project is just one of many in the pipeline.

Kudos to the Buhari administration.

Rossinky:


The USA became the world's biggest economy largely by expanding its railroad infrastructure starting from the late 19th century.

Rail transport has the effect of drastically reducing the cost of transporting goods, and hence, drastically reducing the cost of doing business, which leads to an EXPLOSION in commerce, trade, and manufacturing.

Nigeria has a national railway masterplan which connects every single state by rail, and this latest project is just one of many in the pipeline.

Kudos to the Buhari administration.