Abuja
Nigerians are expected to enjoy the Dividends of Democracy as the Federal Government has announced that the Lagos-Ibadan Rail line Project would be put into use come January 2019.
The Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, gave this assurance when he briefed journalists immediately after the monthly meeting of the Lagos-Ibadan Rail line Project Steering Committee Monday, February 12, 2018 at Ibadan Railway Yard, Ibadan, Oyo State.
In a press statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the Director Public Relation in the Ministry, Yetunde Sonaike , the minister said “Nigerians are putting us under immersed pressure. This Contract is three years and we are doing it within one year and two months.
” Our target is December 2018 but at most, January 2019, Nigerians will start to enjoy the Dividends of Democracy”, he enthused.
Amaechi noted that based on the present challenges being experienced on the project, a committee was set up chaired by the Board Chairman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Engr. Usman Abubakar with the Representatives of Nigerian Army, NRC, Lagos State Government, NNPC and CCECC as members to ensure that all the challenges are resolved and having at the back of their minds that December 2018 is the deadline for the completion of the project.
“It has not been easy, we have set up a committee chaired by the NRC Board Chairman, Engr. Abubakar Usman, Team Group, Nigerian Army Representatives, Lagos State Government, NNPC and CCECC as members to resolve all the problems”.
And as part of efforts of the Federal Government to expedite action on the progress of work on the project and also reduce cost, the Minister stated that Government is working out a proposal to acquire an alternative land to build the Railway Station at Abeokuta instead of paying N2.8 billon as compensation for the present proposed location.
