Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi says the Federal Government is about to start four rail line projects in parts of the country.
Amaechi while speaking in Abuja at the annual ministerial press briefing on programmes, projects and activities of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and its agencies, outlined the four rail projects which the government was about to start to include the Ibadan-Kano, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri, Kano-Maradi and Lagos-Calabar rail lines.
He did not mention the exact dates when the projects would start, but said the Federal Government was about to start the rail lines, Punch reports.
Amaechi said, “We have awarded the following contracts and we are about to start and we have even tried to solve the financial problems. This is because we have the problem of having to hire consulting engineers.
“The ones we nnnare about to start include Ibadan to Kano, that we are waiting for funds from China. We are about to start Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, we are waiting for the cabinet to approve consulting shares. We are also to start the Kano-Maradi and Lagos to Calabar.”
He added, “But one thing that is unique about these contracts is that the president early enough directed that all rail lines must stagnate at the sea ports.
