‘Tinubu to re-launch Lagos-Kano cargo train’

The Federal Government has said freight services would resume connected the aged constrictive gauge obstruction enactment from Lagos to Kano pursuing the completion of rehabilitation.

This was made known successful a connection issued, yesterday, by the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Ahmed Alkali.

According to the minister, President Bola Tinubu would officially motorboat the reopening of the corridor for freight. He added that the ministry had conducted a proceedings run, moving import containers from Apapa Port successful Lagos to Dala Inland Dry Port successful Kano, and successfully transported galore 40 feet containers from Lagos to Kano.

According to the minister, the railway way volition make galore opportunities for businesses and facilitate the question of import and export goods betwixt these important regions successful the country.

“I americium delighted to denote to Nigerians that the Federal Government, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT GCFR, volition beryllium officially launching the reopening of this corridor for freight. This important railway way volition make galore opportunities for businesses and facilitate the question of import and export goods betwixt these important regions successful the country.

“It is our volition that this railway work volition facilitate the proscription of a important fig of import and export containers, starring to betterment successful proscription services, a alteration successful roadworthy postulation accidents, little costs of goods, and boost our gross home product,” the connection read.

MEANWHILE, Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has flagged-off a full of 70 kilometre roads crossed 10 communities successful the 3 senatorial districts successful the state.
 
The flag-off took spot astatine Rijiyar Gwangwan and Mil Goma successful Dawakin Kudu Local Government country of Kano state. A connection issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, and made disposable to journalists successful Kano, nioted that the roadworthy projects would beryllium executed successful concern with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Lives & Livelihood Fund (LLF) done the Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project(KSADP) nether Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA).