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Amaechi inspects Ebute-Metta railway compound, as Osinbajo heads to Lagos for commissioning Amaechi inspects Ebute-Metta railway compound, as Osinbajo heads to Lagos for commissioning

The minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi has gone inspecting the Ebute Metta Railway Compound,where Acting President Osinbajo will flag off construction of Lagos-Ibadan Line on Tuesday, March 7.

                                                                         While Buhari is away, Amaechi inspects railway, as                                                                                                            Osinbajo heads  to Lagos for the  commissionin

Below are photos from the minister's inspection exercise.
While Buhari is away, Amaechi inspects railway, as Osinbajo heads to Lagos for commissioning
                          While Buhari is away, Amaechi inspects railway, as Osinbajo heads to Lagos for                                                                            commissioning
While Buhari is away, Amaechi inspects railway, as Osinbajo heads to Lagos for commissioningWhile Buhari is away, Amaechi inspects railway, as Osinbajo heads to Lagos for commissioningThe proposed $1.5 billion (about N450 billion) counterpart funding from China for the Lagos-Ibadan rail project set to commence in March, has been secured by the Federal Government.

The Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure on Wednesday when he appeared before the Gbenga Ashafa-led Senate committee on land transport to give report of his ministry’s 2016 budget and defend the proposal for 2017.

In the first quarter of 2017, the foundation of the Lagos-Ibadan segment two of the Lagos-Kano rail project will be laid,” said Mr. Amaechi; adding that, “the implication here is that we will start the Lagos-Ibadan rail line before the end of March.

“Our target is to commence from the Apapa seaport down to Ogun and then to Ibadan.”

Lagos-Ibadan rail line is a segment of the Lagos-Kano railway project, one of the most important and ambitious infrastructural targets of the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress government.

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