Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project Will Transform Industrial, Economic Activities In Nigeria-Buhari - EDU-BIZNEWS

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Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project Will Transform Industrial, Economic Activities In Nigeria-Buhari



 
President Muhammadu Buhari says the newly inaugurated 157 kilometre-Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Railway Line will transform Industrial and economic activities in Nigeria

Buhari at the commissing of the project for full commercial operations on Thursday at Mobolaji Johnson Station in Ebute Metta in Lagos,described it  as another milestone to revitalise the rail infrastructure and improve socio-economic activities.

His words,“This signals yet another milestone in the drive of this administration to revitalise the railway system, establish it as a choice mode of transportation for both passengers and freight, and position it as a transportation backbone that can transform industrial and economic activity in the country"

He added the project would resolve the logistic problem between Lagos and Ibadan  

"This vital line establishes an end-to-end logistic supply chain in railway transport within its short corridor, Lagos – Ibadan", Buhari said

According to him,“Goods to the hinterland would now be transported by rail directly from the Apapa port Quayside straight to the Inland Container Depot in Ibadan from where it can be distributed to other parts of the country".

The president called for stakeholder engagement on the commencement of the Ibadan-Kano corridor.

Shortly after he inaugurated the project, President Buhari took a ride from Mobolaji Johnson station in Ebute Metta to Energy Nature Light (ENL), Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos.

The President who took a ride from Mobolaji Johnson station in Ebute Metta to Energy Nature Light (ENL), Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos,reiterated that his administration had prioritised railway infrastructure development, 

He thanked the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi for his tenacity to achieve the milestone.

Buhari added that his administration had completed the outstanding segment of the Lagos-Kano rail project

“Further to other ongoing railway infrastructure projects, we have embarked on the completion of the outstanding segment of the Lagos-Kano railway (Ibadan-Kano)."

“The Lagos-Kano railway project, when completed, will link the Kano-Maradi line at Kano, and a rail link from the southern ports of Lagos to Maradi in the Niger Republic will be achieved.

“The connection through rail would position Nigerian ports as the choice for import and export business of the people of landlocked Niger Republic

“This would be beneficial to the economy through employment from new business opportunities and wealth creation.

“The Federal Ministries of Transportation and of Finance have been directed to vigorously act on engagement and reaching financial agreements with appropriate co-financiers to partner the Federal Government for the development of the Ibadan-Kano railway and the connection to the Tin Can Island port, as well as the West-East Coastal rail line from Lagos to Calabar linking Onitsha, Benin, Warri, Yenagoa, Port Harcourt, Aba and Uyo…”

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who spoke for his Ogun State (Dapo Abiodun) and Oyo State (Seyi Makinde) counterparts, said the railway project is a testament to the Buhari administration’s commitment to delivering transformational infrastructure in every part of the country.

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