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FG Secures Financing for Aba-Maiduguri Rail Corridor

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Minister of Transportation Saidu Ahmed Alkali
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The Federal Government has secured financing for the entire Aba to Maiduguri corridor, cutting across Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi, Plateau, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Benue, of the 1443 kilometer Portharcourt Eastern Narrow Gauge Railway Project.

The Minister of Transport, Senator Saidu Alkali stated at ongoing government-citizen engagement forum in Kaduna on Wednesday.

The Minister also disclosed that government has also rehabilitated the old Lagos-Kano Narrow Gauge and freight services linking Apapa to Kano Inland Dry Port.

 

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