Inauguration of Lagos – Ibadan commercial operations, another milestone in Nigeria’s railway revival, says President Buhari
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By Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity)
President Buhari Thursday inaugurated the commercial operations of Lagos-Ibadan railway project at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station, Ebute Metta, Lagos, describing the feat \u2018\u2018as another milestone in the drive of this Administration to revitalize the railway system and establish it as a choice mode of transportation for both passengers and freight.\u2019\u2019
The President pledged that his administration would continue to prioritise the railway system as a transportation backbone that can transform industrial and economic activity in the country.
On the benefits of the Lagos-Ibadan corridor as well as other on-going railway projects across the country, President Buhari said:
\u2018\u2018This vital line establishes an end-to-end logistic supply chain in railway transport within its short corridor, Lagos \u2013 Ibadan, as goods to the hinterland would now be transported by rail directly from the Apapa port Quayside straight to the Inland Container Depot located in Ibadan from where it can be distributed to other parts of the country.
\u2018\u2018In clear recognition of the challenges posed to our economic growth by absence of strong and effective infrastructure, we have in the rail sector, further to other ongoing railway infrastructure projects, embarked on the completion of the outstanding segment of the Lagos \u2013 Kano railway, which is Ibadan \u2013 Kano.
\u2018\u2018The Lagos \u2013 Kano railway project when completed will link the Kano \u2013 Maradi line at Kano and a rail link from the Nigeria southern ports of Lagos to Maradi in Niger Republic will be achieved.
\u2018\u2018The connection through rail would position Nigerian ports as the choice for import and export business of the people of landlocked Niger Republic.
\u2018\u2018This would be beneficial to the economy through employment from new business opportunities and wealth creation.\u2019\u2019
The President expressed delight that his directive to the Federal Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Finance on reaching financial agreements with appropriate co-financiers to partner with the Federal Government for the development of the Ibadan \u2013 Kano railway was yielding results.
He noted that Ibadan-Kano project would have a connection to the Tin Can Island port as well as the West \u2013 East Coastal rail line from Lagos to Calabar linking Onitsha, Benin, Warri, Yenagoa, Port Harcourt, Aba and Uyo.
\u2018\u2018From the beginning of this administration, railway infrastructure development has been given the priority it deserves and various milestones have been reached, right from when the Abuja \u2013 Kaduna railway was flagged-off for commercial operation in 2016 to this Lagos \u2013 Ibadan railway project being commissioned today for full commercial operation,\u2019\u2019 he said.
Commending the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for his drive and tenacity in achieving the milestone recorded today, the President praised the \u2018\u2018wonderful team in the Ministry\u2019\u2019 for a job well done.
Shortly after he inaugurated the project, President Buhari took a ride from Ebute Metta Station to Energy Nature Light (ENL), Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos.
He was joined by the Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Governors of Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun and the Deputy Governor of Ondo, the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of State Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, other Ministers as well as some government officials.
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