The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said that as the ministry was rounding up the Lagos-Ibadan rail project billed to be inaugurated in June, the ministry was set to commence work to link Kano-Kaduna with rail.
By Dirisu Yakubu
With work on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line now completed and set for commissioning in June; the federal government will immediately turns its attention to the Kano-Kaduna corridor, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi stated on Friday.
The Minister disclosed this when he led a delegation of Nigerian Shippers Council and Nigeria Railway Corporation on a courtesy visit to the Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje in Kano, North-West Nigeria.
Amaechi noted that owing to the economic viability of the state, the rail line and the inland dry port will boost business activities of the state as well as stimulate import and export trade. Though, no river exist in the state, the Minister pledged to bring maritime activities to Kano.
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