Port Harcourt-Maiduguri: Buhari replies Wike, lists benefits of railway
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President Muhammadu Buhari says the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt–Maiduguri railway would reactivate economic activities along the Eastern corridor, which have been greatly affected by insecurity.
Recall that the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike had criticized the planned flag-off of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail lines by the federal government.
Governor Wike who spoke during the commissioning of the Rumuji-Ibaa-Obele-Isiokpo road in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state said the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail lines is not the project that Rivers people want.
But in what could be seen by many as a response to the Governor’s claim during the virtual ground-breaking ceremony of three projects on Tuesday, Buhari said the country’s aspiration for nationwide transport infrastructure and railways would be significantly enhanced by the three projects conceived to be integrated in the