The Federal Government of Nigeria, says it will soon begin the construction of four rail projects in different parts of the country.
Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi disclosed this during the Ministry’s annual ministerial press briefing on Friday.
Amaechi who said the rail projects includes, Ibadan-Kano, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri, Kano-Maradi and Lagos-Calabar, did not mention the exact date the projects would commence.
“The ones we are about to start include Ibadan to Kano, that we are waiting for funds from China. We are about to start Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, we are waiting for the cabinet to approve consulting shares. We are also to start the Kano-Maradi and Lagos to Calabar,” he said.
“We have awarded the following contracts and we are about to start and we have even tried to solve the financial problems. This is because we have the problem of having to hire consulting engineers,” he added.
