Buhari Approves Railway Line From Kano To His Hometown, Daura

Nigeria’s Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a rail line from Kano to his hometown in Daura.

The rail will run from Kano to Jibia local government areas of Katsina state, while other approved rail lines would run from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, Kano to Maiduguri, Makurdi to Jos, Gombe to Yobe to Borno, Jigawa to Niger Republic.

 Amaechi said; “General Electric came here and annouced that they would give us 100 locomotives, we did the audit of our; our narrow gauge can’t carry 17 locomotives, so by October 1st to October 2nd, we would be lauching about six to ten locomotives, because our narrow gauage cant carry more than that,” Amaechi said.

“Government said concession this narrow guage, and we have successfully done that to the extent that we are able to sign an agreement with GE.

 By October GE will take over the narrow guage and begin to run from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri. When they stop at Umuahia, economic activities will be at Umuahia; the Umuahia station will become an economic hub.

The Ibos in Umuahia will be able to establish shops and sell goods we would like sell. That station from Port Harcourt to Aba, Aba to Umuahia, Umuahia to Enugu, Enugu to Makurdi, Makurdi to Jos, Jos to Bauchi, Bauchi to Gombe, Gombe to Borno.