Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, says ahead of the commencement of construction work on the Kano/Maradi railway corridor by February 2021, contractors have been mandated to begin acquisition of the right of way, payment of compensation and Right-of-Way clearing.
Amaechi gave the hint recently, while inspecting the Lagos/Ibadan railway. He said the Federal government would wait till the end of January for work to kickoff, stating further that the contractors, have commenced the front-end engineering process to ascertain the technical requirements and main cost of the execution phase as well as evaluation of the potential risk of the project, before January ending.
Recall that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) recently approved about $1.96 billion for the rail line from Kano/Jigawa/Katsina/Jibia to Maradi in Niger Republic.
