Amaechi briefs Buhari on railway projects.

Amaechi briefs Buhari on railway projects

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the proposed and ongoing railway projects across the country including the Kano - Maradi (Niger Republic) rail project. According to him, President Buhari "sleeps and wakes up'' thinking about the railway system, adding that the president has made concerted effort to fix the railways, to ease transportation of persons and goods across the country. ` "In terms of the narrow gauge, if not for a hitch, we would have commenced trucking cargo form Apapa seaport to Ebute-Metta-Lagos and take away the challenges we are having with that Apapa grid and bad road. Amaechi further revealed that about $16bn was needed to actualise some of the Federal Government's plans for the railway sector, especially the construction of two deep seaports in Bonny, Rivers State and Warri, Delta State; as well as the Port Harcourt Railway Industrial Park. The Minister disclosed that there were plans to also dredge the Calabar seaport, through Public Private Partnership He expressed the hope that the problem of gridlock on the road leading to Apapa port in Lagos would be over by December. To read full article - http://ift.tt/2y1TEs5