The Federal Government says Work has commenced on Lagos -Kano Standard gauge rail line. This was contained in a tweet made by the Minister of Transport, Rt. Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. The minister in a tweet on his verified handle @ChibuikeAmaechi, with pictures of heavy-duty equipment, wrote, “onsite: contractors move in for the commencement of the Kano-Kaduna section of the Lagos to Kano rail line. The 305-kilometre railway has a completion timeline of two to three years subject to availability of funds.
The federal government had on May 15, 2018 signed the $6.68 billion contract with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC to complete the remaining segments of the Lagos-Kano Standard Guage rail line.
Amaechi had earlier disclosed during the inspection of Itakpe- Ajakwuta -Warri rail line that for the Lagos – Kano railway project, will employ over 10,000 workers.
