31 Dec Amaechi says Kano-Kaduna rail project will be ready by December 2022
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has said commercial activities will begin on the Kano-Kaduna rail line in December 2022.
Inspecting the project in Kano, he said the Federal Government has invested over $400million into the three-year project and it would be inaugurated before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office.
The minister also revealed that the Federal Executive Council suggested that the contractors construct double tracks instead of the recommended single track and that would affect the initial cost which was pegged at $1.2billion.
He said: “We are here basically to find out whether the contractors have commenced work and how far they have gone because they have a target of completing this thing at the end of next year December or in the first quarter of 2023.
“The cabinet decided that instead of a single track recommended by China, we should continue with the double-track we had done on Lagos-Ibadan and the cabinet is bigger than me, I cannot overrule either can the Chinese contractor overrule.
“Luckily for us, they are doing the formation as double track, so we will just include the track laying to conclude the contract.”
On whether it would affect the cost of the project, he said: “It will certainly affect the cost in terms of the track but not the civil works.”
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