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Gbeminiyi Ogunleye
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I'll complete $3bn PHarcourt-Maiduguri rail line-Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will complete the Eastern Rail line connecting Port Harcourt in the oil-rich Niger Delta to Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria.
Tinubu gave the assurance during an interactive session with South East leaders during his official visit to Enugu State on Saturday.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement titled ‘President Tinubu: Eastern Rail line will be completed, and Anambra Basin will receive development support’, on Saturday.
The Eastern Rail Line project aims to reconstruct and expand the existing narrow-gauge railway connecting Port Harcourt and Maiduguri.
It passes through the eastern capitals of Umuahia, Owerri, Awka, Enugu, and Abakaliki.
The project, initiated on March 9, 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, involves renovating the current 1,443-kilometer line and adding new branch lines to Owerri and Damaturu, extending the total length to 2,044 kilometers.
The Nigerian government had contracted the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to execute the project, with an estimated cost of $3.02bn.
Credit: Punch
