The Federal Executive Council has approved $3.02 billion for the re-construction of Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line., said this while briefing State House reporters after Wednesday’s council meeting.
“The Federal Executive Council FEC has approved the award of contracts for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern narrow-gauge railway, with new branch lines and trans-shipment facilities,” he said. Mr Amaechi said the FEC also approved contracts for the construction of a deep-sea port in Bonny as well as a railway industrial park in Port Harcourt.
“They’ve also approved the construction of a new deep seaport in Bonny, under PPP and the construction of a railway Industrial park in Port Harcourt. “The railway line will be at the cost of $3,020,279,549. The industrial park, which is under PPP, at no cost to the federal government, will cost $241,154,389.31. The Bonny deep seaport will cost $461,924,369, at no cost to the federal government.to Bonny and from Port Harcourt to Owerri are new lines. There’s another connecting narrow gauge to standard gauge at Kafanchan. There is a branch line from Gombe to Damaturu and Gashua. That’s what has been approved,” he said.
It is still the same narrow gauge lines from what I read in the article. Why not the standard gauge as is the case with the Lagos to Kano line? Is the world still using narrow gauge? Anyway, better to have something than nothing at all. I hope it is not just a project on paper
I think it’s because the North has a higher economic benefit in terms of large market and also importantly, it leads to the Trans-Sahara trade route to Europe
Everything Nigerians will read meaning into it so north is no longer Nigeria,any day u travell to North make ur motor no reach,ur Broda goodluck was there for over 6yrs he could not start any where.
With Loan From China
Without peace development is not priority.
Why not Maiduguri-Port Harcourt 🤔
Why put the value in dollars. Convert it to ₦ for me abeg👃👃
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Nice one.
Why must all the rail project approved usually terminate at the north?
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