Tag: Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project
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Buhari to commission Lagos-Ibadan Railway Jan 2021 – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi says President Muhammadu Buhari will be commissioning the Lagos-Ibadan railway in January 2021 to improve movement for cargoes and passengers in the country. Amaechi made this known during an oversight visit from Lagos to Ibadan to inspect the ongoing construction of the standard gauge in Ibadan on…
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Photo: Lai Mohammed, Amaechi inspect Lagos-Ibadan rail project
The Ministers of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi have embarked on inspection tour of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail projects. The Lagos-Ibadan rail project is the first double-track standard gauge modern railway in West Africa. The project, the second leg of the Lagos-Kano Railway Modernisation Project is being constructed by…
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Lagos-Ibadan Railway project cost $1.58bn not $2bn – FG
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Mr Sabiu Zakari, says the total contract sum of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project is 1.58 billion dollars as against two billion dollars being insinuated by some media. Zakari made this known in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Press of the Ministry, Anastasia Ogbonna, on Wednesday in…
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Complete Lagos-Ibadan rail project in two weeks, Amaechi tells contractor
The Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday gave the contractor handling the Lagos-Ibadan rail project two weeks to complete the at Iju-Agbado axis. He gave the ultimatum during the monthly inspection of the project. The minister noted that work was slow because of the scarcity of the equipment needed. Amaechi said 30-passenger coaches and…