Did Nigeria's Obasanjo Derail Abuja Transport Project?
A Senate panel has heard testimony, by an official of the Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Company, that former president Olusegun Obasanjo awarded the U.S.$841 million Abuja rail project without engineering design and Memorandum of Understanding in 2007.
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Nigeria:
Obasanjo, Please, Is It True?
This Day, 18 February 2016
Just when you thought you had either seen or heard it all, something even more hypnotising suddenly pops up and you'd be dead stupefied. A recent report by the Senate… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Obasanjo Awarded U.S.$841 Million Abuja Rail Project Without Engineering Design'
Daily Trust, 16 February 2016
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo awarded the $841m Abuja rail project without engineering design and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2007, an official of Chinese Civil… Read more »
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Nigeria:
How Obasanjo Awarded Abuja Rail Project Without Design, MOU
Leadership, 15 February 2016
A Chinese firm, CCE, handling the Abuja Rail project yesterday told the Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was that former President Olusegun Obasanjo awarded the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Counterpart Funding Derails Abuja Rail Project
Daily Trust, 24 November 2015
So much has been said about the Abuja rail mass transit project. As a result of this, residents of the capital city have been waiting anxiously to see modern trains on tracks,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
FCT Minister - Abuja Rail to Be Operational December 2017
This Day, 7 February 2016
In a bid to compliment the present mode of public transportation, as well as reducing traffic gridlock often experienced at peak periods in the Federal Capital Territory, the FCT… Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG to Invest in Faster Trains - Amaechi
Independent (Lagos), 26 December 2015
The President Muhammadu Buhari administration is set to revamp the railway network in the coming year to encourage mass transit of passengers and goods across the country. Read more »
