Nigeria: The Sad Story of a Nation - Gridlocks: Rail-to-Tank Farms Near Completion - NRC

26 August 2014

In the first edition of this special report last Friday, it was noted that the lack of infrastructural development in the country has assumed a central importance in Nigeria's fight to attain social and economic stability. In this installment, attempts to utilise the rail system of transportation is reviewed.

AS rail-to-tank farms project of the Nigeria Railway Corporation nears completion, Niyi Alli, the Director of Operations of the rail line has expressed confidence that vehicular traffic that characterised the Apapa area and Tin-Can Island which host the two largest sea-ports in Nigeria will soon be over. According to him, railway links to the tank farms for lifting of petroleum products by oil marketers will be completed by September this year and already, some of the oil marketing companies have started moving Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, by rail, but not yet petroleum because of safety issues.

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