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President Buhari to flag off $2 billion Kano-Maradi, Kano-Dutse rail line on Tuesday

Chike Olisah by Chike Olisah
February 5, 2021
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Amaechi proposes a capital budget of N205 billion for Ministry of Transportation in 2021, FG approves $3 billion Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railway and $462 million Bonny deep seaport, Banks to hold shipowners accountable for $200m CVFF disbursement. FG sets deadline for completion of Ibadan-Kano rail project, gives reason for delay 

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The Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, perform the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kano-Maradi, Kano-Dutse Railway Project.

This follows the approval of about $2 billion by the Federal Executive Council in September 2020, for the rail line and the subsequent signing of the contract documents for the commencement of the project last month.

This was disclosed by the Transportation Minister, in a tweet post on his official Twitter handle on Friday, February 5, 2021.

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READ: Presidency denies building rail line from Nigeria to Niger Republic

The railway project is expected to connect 3 Nigerian Northern states namely Kano, Katsina and Jigawa and then terminate at Maradi, Niger Republic.

Amaechi in his tweet post said, ‘’We are pleased to announce the Groundbreaking of the Kano-Maradi, Kano-Dutse Railway Project, slated for Tuesday, our President, Muhammadu Buhari would do the honours. Work begins.’’

READ: FEC approves $1.96 billion for Kano-Niger Republic railway

What you should know

  • It can be recalled that the Federal Government had about 3 weeks ago, during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Mota-Engil Group, the contractors to the project, disclosed that the Kano-Maradi railway project would be completed within 36 months.
  • The rail line is expected to financially empower Nigeria as the import/export hub for Niger and would help the country compete favourably with other coastal countries of West Africa in servicing the landlocked countries around in the area of movement of cargoes to make Lagos seaports very viable.

We are pleased to announce the Ground breaking of the Kano-Maradi, Kano-Dutse Railway Project, slated for Tuesday. Our @NGRPresident @MBuhari would do the honours. Work begins.

— Chibuike.R. Amaechi (@ChibuikeAmaechi) February 5, 2021

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