The Federal Government on Wednesday approved $1,959,744,723.71 for the construction of a rail line that will link Nigeria to Niger Republic.
The approval was given at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that the sum approved for the development of the proposed rail line linking Kano-Dutse-Katsina-Jibia and to Maradi in Niger Republic is inclusive of Value Added Tax.
Amaechi said apart from that, the council also approved the award of a contract worth N3.049 billion for the design, manufacture, supply, testing, and commissioning of one railway crane for the purposes of clearing rail tracks in situations of accidents.
Recalled, report had it sometimes in the year 2018 that, the Kano to Niger Republic rail line will cover 248km connecting at least three states in the North, which are Jigawa, Kano and Katsina.
Although the Report said, the rail line, when completed, would assist in the supply of crude oil from Niger Republic to the refinery being built in the border town between both countries.
Nigerians criticism of the development as gathered, look at it as having less or no impact on the country’s growth.
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