Sentences with phrase «kano rail project»
«For now, the Chinese are funding the Lagos to Kano rail project and any of those that we have approached, when they give us money for the other two projects we will gladly take,» he said.
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If true, why would northern national legislators band together to pass the Lagos - Kano rail project but the southern ones, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, conspire to let go of a key infrastructure thrust, that could change the face of the South East and South - South economies for good?
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Osinbajo said the Federal Government in partnership with a private firm, General Electric (GE) is already proposing to invest in the project to enhance the movement of cargo from Apapa ports to Kano via the rail line.
He said the three speed rail line projects — Lagos to Kano, Lagos to Calabar and Port Harcourt to Maiduguri — were crucial to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Among the rail projects are the Coastal Railway Project (Lagos - Calabar segment), estimated at $ 3.4 bn; the Lagos - Kano Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos - Ibadan segment), $ 1.2 bn; and the Lagos - Kano Railway Modernisation Project (Kano - Kaduna segment), $ 1.1 bn.