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FG in talk with Standard Chartered bank to replace Chinese loans for rail projects

Chike Olisah by Chike Olisah
June 10, 2021
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The Federal Government is currently discussing with the London-based bank, Standard Chartered Bank Plc, over the funding of 2 rail line projects expected to cost about $14.4 billion, as against the earlier plans to get the loans from Chinese banks.

This proposed arrangement is coming after the Nigerian government had already finalized the contract with the Nigerian subsidiary of the state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Corp (CCECC) for the 2 deals.

The 2 rail projects include the eastern line that links Port Harcourt with Maiduguri and the extension of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line to Kano.

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This disclosure was made by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, during an interview, where he was quoted as saying that the present administration and Standard Chartered Bank are in talks for the financing of the upgrade of a narrow-gauge track in eastern Nigeria and a new standard-gauge on the coast.

Amaechi, without providing details, said, “We’ve moved away from China in some of our projects. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed is overseeing the talks with the emerging markets-focused financial institution about arranging the infrastructure loans.’’

READ: President Buhari commissions $1.5 billion Lagos-Ibadan railway project

Chinese funding

Chinese lenders had previously been expected to provide funding for the bulk of the 2 rail projects.

The Transportation Minister had during the flag off of the CCECC’s $3.2 billion reconstruction of the dilapidated eastern line, which links the port city of Port Harcourt in the south with Maiduguri in the north, said that a syndicate of Chinese lenders were prepared to fund the project.

READ: Nigeria total debt increases to N33 trillion

CCECC also signed an $11.2 billion contract with the previous administration in late 2014 to construct the Coastal Line which would connect the southwestern commercial hub of Lagos with the southeastern port town of Calabar.

Buhari said in 2017 that the state-owned Export-Import Bank of China would shortly approve a $3.5 billion loan to help start building the 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) standard-gauge line, which Amaechi said the government plans to construct in segments.

What you should know

The Federal Government had been embarking on several rail line projects across the country in collaboration with Chinese firms.

CCECC has already completed 2 other standard-gauge railway segments in Nigeria, which includes the one that links Abuja to the city of Kaduna, and another connecting Lagos to the city of Ibadan. China Eximbank provided most of the financing for those projects, as well as a metro line in Abuja, through loans worth about $2.3 billion.

Amaechi had said that the government still expects China Eximbank to provide $5.3 billion to allow CCECC to extend the Lagos-Ibadan line to the northern trading centre of Kano.

The government has also contracted Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil SGPS SA to build a railway from Kano to Maradi, in the neighbouring Niger Republic. Credit Suisse Group AG, Africa Finance Corp. and German state bank KfW are arranging nearly $2 billion of loans to fund the work.

Standard Chartered has had a presence in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, since 1999. The lender facilitated investments worth $2.5 billion into the country last year – the most of all banks – out of a total of $9.7 billion, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.


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Chike Olisah

Chike Olisah

Chike was a banker with over 11 years experience in retail and commercial banking, risk management, treasury portfolio management and relationship management. He also acquired some experience in financial management and do have some special interest in investment analysis and personal finance. He had stints with financial institutions like the former Intercontinental Bank and Fidelity Bank.

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  1. Akeem A says:
    June 11, 2021 at 5:55 am

    I commend this administration for their forward thinking towards development of the nation.

    I would suggest that they should consider selecting prime contractors that are able and ready to manufacture most of the project materials locally, instead of importing machinery for onsite assembly and installation. This is the most realistic way of sustainable development.

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