President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Alhaji Sani Usman as the 7th substantive Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by Mr Muhammad Wada, Deputy Registrar, Public Relations of the institution on Wednesday. According to him, a letter of the appointment was signed and
Experts kick as FG signs $1.96bn Kano-Maradi rail project MoU
Okechukwu Nnodim and Joseph Olaoluwa
The Federal Government on Monday announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mota-Engil Group for the construction of the $1.959bn Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail project.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, signed on behalf of the Federal Government, while the Managing Director, Mota-Engil, Antonio Gvoea, signed on behalf of the contracting firm.
However, pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Afenifere, kicked against the move, saying that with so much deficit in the country’s transport infrastructure, the government was headed the wrong direction with the rail project.