Nigeria Gets Loan from China for Rail Project

The government has secured U.S.$7.5 billion loan for the construction of standard rail gauge from Lagos to Kano.

Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, (middle) with the Managing Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd. (CCECC) Jack Li (left) and Fidel Okhiria, Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (right) during the test run of the recently built Rail line from Abuja (Idu) to Kaduna

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