Nigeria: Rail Development - Amaechi Pushes the Envelope

27 November 2020

For fourteen hours last Monday, the Inspection team, led by the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi was traversing the distance between Lagos and Ibadan rail line, to assess the level, quality and pace of work done in the mega project of constructing rail line between both cities.

The inspection team was pretty motley with all relevant stakeholders in tow. The Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Engineer Fidet Okhiria was there; so was the Board Chairman of the corporation, Alhaji Ibrahim Al Hassan Musa. The Director General of Budget, Pastor Ben Akhabueze was in the team and asked very valid questions. The Senate Committee Chairman of Rail transport as well as his House of Representatives counterpart formed the long inspection entourage. Relevant Lagos State government officials, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr Magdalene Ajani and media men all swelled the rank of the inspectors.

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