Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministries of Transportation and Finance to conclude financial arrangements with appropriate co-financiers, that will partner with the Federal Government for the construction of West-East Coastal rail line from Lagos to Calabar, linking some major cities in South East and South-South.
Speaking at the virtual groundbreaking ceremony for the Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi Rail Line, the President said that the West-East Coastal rail line will connect Onitsha, Benin, Warri, Yenegoa, Port Harcourt, Aba, and Uyo.
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President Buhari noted that the cities of Jibiya and Maradi constitute a significant trading core between Nigeria and Niger Republic – a tradition dating back many centuries.
Katsina state Governor Aminu Masari, accompanied by the Governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje and Jigawa, Abubakar Badaru, urged the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to work towards completion and commissioning of the project by 2023.
Edited by Tunde Orebiyi.
