A Remodeled Railway System On The Way for Nigerians - FG

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="entry-title posttitle" itemprop="name headline" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1884px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">Begins with Lagos, 7 other states</span></h1> <div id="entryContainer" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="entry entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 6px 0px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Federal Government has commenced remodeling of existing railway stations across the country through Public Private Partnership, PPP, initiative.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Disclosing this in Abuja during a visit of the body of Permanent Secretaries, Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar said that the Federal Ministry of Transportation is focused on its mandate particularly in respect of the country’s railway system.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to Umar, the first phase of the railway stations project, is to be remodeled and redeveloped to connect,  Ebute-Meta in Lagos, to  Ilorin, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Jos and Gombe.</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_305300" style="border: 0px; float: right; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 422px;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/hang-on-train-face-suicide-trial-nrc/train1/" rel="attachment wp-att-305300" style="-webkit-transition: background-color, border-top-color; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color, border-top-color; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="File photo: Passengers hanging on a moving train in Lagos at Ikeja Railway Station, Lagos..." class="size-full wp-image-305300" height="250" src="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/TRAIN1.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 1px 1px 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow;" width="412" /></span></a></div> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">File photo: Passengers hanging on a moving train in Lagos at Ikeja Railway Station, Lagos…</span></div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said, “Following the lifting of the embargo on rent and lease of Nigerian railway Corporation’s land and landed properties, the redevelopment of the Nigerian railway stations through Public Private Partnership is being processed.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">”Transaction Advisers have been commissioned to drive the process for private sector participation”.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Umar underscored the modernisation of the railways stations in the country as part of the ultimate solution to the problems hampering the development of the sector.</span></div> <br /> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He stated that the advertisements for the expression of interest are expected to be published next month.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The minister stated that the Federal executive Council has approved the establishment of six Inland Deep Ports also under the PPP arrangement while the federal government has given its approval of Lekki port while the other five namely Ibaka, Agge, Olokola, Badagry, and Ogidigbe/Escravos deep seaports are being processed.</span></div> <br /> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He further stated that the approval of six dry ports have also been given including Isala-Ngwa in Abia state; Ibadan, Kano, Haipang in Jos, Funtua in Katsina and Maiduguri.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to the minister, “We are working seriously to build new seaports in the country because the ports are overstretched particularly Lagos where 60 percent of our cargoes are being handled”.</span></div> </div> </div> </div>

A Remodeled Railway System On The Way for Nigerians - FG

Begins with Lagos, 7 other states The Federal Government has commenced remodeling of existing railway stations across the country thro...

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