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Nigerian Government To Construct Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Line – Amaechi

January 29, 2020

By Victor Azubuike

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said efforts are underway to construct the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line.

Amaechi spoke during the Deloitte in dialogue: Nigeria Economic Outlook 2020, held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Tuesday, on the topic, “Railway Infrastructure: Progress and Plan.”

He said the total reconstruction of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line will include new designs that will have an industrial park.

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Amaechi who is a former Rivers State Governor also said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the construction of two new seaports in the Niger-Delta; one in Bonny, Rivers State and the other in Warri, Delta State.

He said, “We will provide railway for Port Harcourt to Maiduguri. The President has assured me. We are discussing and announcement would be made on the project soon.''

“The President has also approved the construction of two new seaports. One in Bonny and another in Warri. The first deep seaport we’ll have in Nigeria is already being built in Lekki. There’s one being proposed by the Akwa Ibom State government. I think they call it Ibom Seaport. I’ve told them to bring it and I’ll give them all the backing they need.

“I tell people that this government is by far more business-friendly. We would leave as much infrastructure for Nigeria.

“Nigerians are mostly particular about human transportation, how they can commute from Lagos to Ibadan daily, but the most important is actually for moving cargo to enhance productivity. Lagos to Kano rail is capable of moving 30 million tons of Cargo from Lagos to Kano, while Port Harcourt to Maiduguri can take 11 million tons of cargo.

Train Station on the Abuja - Kaduna line
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“We would also look at the policy to ensure that after building the railways, there are certain cargoes that will not be allowed on the roads, to encourage movement of cargo on the rail lines and to ensure that our roads last longer… Moving cargo across the country through rail would be cheaper and faster than the roads.

Amaechi added that the just-completed 350 kilometre Warri-Itakpe rail line which was the first standard gauge rail line in Nigeria “was started about 34 years ago, abandoned, and now we have completed it, built stations, 1000 housing units for staff, workshops, all ready.”

For maritime security, Amaechi said, “We are trying to put in place, 3 helicopters, 2 airplanes, 4 to 6 drones, 24 hours, we will be in the air, watching Nigerian waters from Lagos to Calabar, training soldiers, because this time we said not just the Navy, we want soldiers to come in, we want SSS, police, we want Airforce to come in; so for 24 hours, from my office, I can see Nigerian waters from beginning to the end.”

omohayek:
POSCO first tried to cope by diversifying away from steelmaking into unrelated businesses like trading and energy, but that strategy didn't work. Now the company is moving upmarket by concentrating on specialized types of steel for more demanding customers like carmakers; since POSCO can't beat the Chinese in more mainstream varieties of steel, it's also decided to team up with them, by tying up with companies like HBIS in joint ventures.

https://www.just-auto.com/news/posco-joins-forces-with-chinas-hbis-in-high-end-auto-steel_id192570.aspx

All the cheerleaders for Ajaokuta on here are utterly deluded, ignorant of both economic realities and the project's 40+ years of utter failure. As Ajaokuta was based on outmoded Soviet technology, it was already obsolete at the time it was supposed to be handed over in 1982; is it now, when even the most modern Russian designs can't even dream of competing with China, that Ajaokuta is suddenly supposed to become a self-financing production wonder?

The most senseless thing about all of this is that steel isn't even a high-margin business. People with sense would realize that the future lies with more knowledge-intensive fields like software, machine-learning, biotechnology, etc., and that all the money being poured into useless white elephants like Ajaokuta and the refineries that are perpetually in "turn around maintenance" would be far better spent investing in higher-quality universal education for Nigeria's rapidly expanding youthful population (and on family planning for their overly fecund parents). But that would be hard work requiring a long-term effort, and with no new shiny plants or buildings for illiterates to gawk at, so neither the ignorant Nigerian masses nor their equally ignorant political leaders take an interest - not even when the advice is coming from someone like Bill Gates!

wasuka14:
I tot GEJ administration revive this moribond steel company?? What do dey commission that time?

Osaze007:
If western countries are crumbing what is Africa doing ?

DexterousOne:
Listen

The effect of "jazz" cannot be scientifically proven, it could be all a hoax, it's possible

But what is proof, and is undeniable, is that MANY MANY PEOPLE seek to do things WITH malevolent intent
That is why we have babalawo everywhere (scammers are also in this fold too)
There is no supply without demand


If people don't seek to do these things, there won't be a proliferation of witch doctors across Nigeria


Okay look at what people call "Ogun owo " or what my people call "Ogwu ego "

We cannot prove for sure without a doubt that it is 100 % effective

However what we can prove is that people ATTEMPT to do it (don't you read it in the news; people caught with human parts and all)

You see what I mean now that black folks as a collective need to change our reasoning

Wealth is brought about my sustained creation of value, Not praying in church for God to pick your call (prayers are good btw, just not the fanatic one that you pray your way to wealth ) or going to a witch doctor to get "powers" that would make you rich

So you see

The mindset need to be changed

wristbangle:
A right step in the right direction. This is a way to di-congest the overpopulation in Lagos

extol1:
good development if it is true and not audio

Osidazz19:
What he said is TRUE but it doesn't have to be said especially by him or anyone in the office of the President.

GidiWoodsMan:
you compare Nigeria that lacks functional hospitals with USA.

basic amenities like good schools, fire services, emergency services, hospitals etc have to be in place before stadium in every local government. this is obviously a scam project because there's a similar structure in Uyo already.

otipoju:
In a normal society,every local government ought to have a stadium .

Most secondary schools in the western world especially USA have their own stadiums

Imeandmine:
Rosskiye bro may the blessings of egungun oya shine on you

Tantolu:
For Christ sake please erase this mentality,because as long as you have it,opportunities will continue to elude you.

Even within Nigeria there's social class racism.I used to be of same mentality,Please trash it!

mansakhalifa:
Do you even know the meaning of a "black" or "African country" to start with?

Your geography is very much in doubt here.

Any country outside of Africa can't be considered an "African" country. "You dig"?

And no, having a black population doesn't automatically make a country an African country. There is way more to that. Trust me on that one. I know more about geography or Africa than you do. It's like outrightly calling a country with a 30% Christian or muslim population an islamic or Christian country. Do you know how that sounds? Besides, I am sure you saw the part in the link that I posted earlier on where it was explicitly stated that:

"Guyana is a Diverse nation". I didn't plant that in there you know?

Now, here is a definition of "African country/countries" for dummies(I'm 99% sure you ain't one ) :

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.definitions.net/definition/african%2Bcountry&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiE5v6NoJ7nAhVDU1AKHT23A1oQFjAQegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3SvrzGUbk9OigGYqtd8bvI


List of African countries. Try to see if you can find Guyana in here:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-africa.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjmj5XqoJ7nAhUKIlAKHe6TA3wQFjABegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw27qQOAh2h0FaLODJDpDEaZ


List of South American countries. Hmm... looks like Guyana is in here.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-south-america.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjun_KUoZ7nAhUJPFAKHUqNC7IQFjAAegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw1iyAVSglgidm8MAz-N64YR

The mixed race population of Guyana whether part African or not have a name for themselves. They are called "Creoles". Ever heard of that? They are a completely distinct ethnic group from the rest of the crowd.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_peoples&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjm29P9oZ7nAhWJfFAKHQCRDJUQFjASegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0MHuxJ-S9nFIXp4Q1nJeGY

We could go on and on but let's take a rest. This s#it's getting recalling boring. So sad we don't know what country is African or not.

Guyana is South American. Not "Africaine".

panafrican:
Take her out means " fire her " not kill her

solmusdesigns:
That is how you have being brainwashed by Nigerian criminals called politician...

wake up dude UAE Government as stakes in Etisalat, several 5 star hotels, Etihad and Emirate Air, Qatar has a stake in luxury car like porsche and German government has stakes in Mercedes Benz... all that hoax of Government not having business doing bussiness was planted in your head so as to scam and privatise your national asset to the pocket of the likes of Atiku and co.. Government everywhere has business, southwest region had odua business that brought in so much money for development

princemillla:
U wish Sha...... Libya was once on this path befor they pull it down. Am not trying to be pessimist but these what the dark nation called the powerful nation of the world have been doing since. Once they spot a growing County, they distabilise it. Nigeria is a typical example.

helinues:
So $68bn Na just...

solmusdesigns:



Nigerians Politicians are sometimes daft, with less than $1bn USD or N360 billion NGN, Nigerian government can build a tractor manufacturing plant close to Ajaokuta and it would serve all our tractor and heavy machinery needs at very cheaper rate, and we might start selling to other african countries making good forex.