President
Muhammadu Buhari has given the directive that all the 36 state capitals should
be connected with rail in the ongoing railway projects.
The
Minister of Transportation, Mr, Chibuike Amaechi, said on Thursday at the
meeting with the Chairman Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Sen.
Shehu Sani.
The
meeting also attended by the Ministers of Finance; Budget and National
Planning; and Power, Works and Housing was in connection with President
Buhari’s loan request of 5.5 billion dollars.
Amaechi
said that the central rail line project connecting several communities of
northern and southern Nigeria would be completed in June, next year.
According
to him, 17 coaches are expected to arrive in November and out of the number, 10
will be deployed to Abuja-Kaduna rail line while the remaining seven will be
deployed to the Itakpe-Warri rail line.
Amaechi
said that part of the money being requested now for approval by the senate was
to execute the rail projects covering Kano-Kaduna, and Lagos-Ibadan networks.
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