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The minister also hinted that the ministry was working with security agencies to deploy surveillance and ensure that rail infrastructures are not vandalised.

The Nigerian government is planning to seek funding assistance from the Chinese government for the construction of the Ibadan-Abuja and Kaduna-Kano rail projects.

The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali made this known on Monday during an inspection of the Kaduna-Kano rail projects by the National Assembly t committee on land transport.

He explained that Vice President Kashim Shettima was expected to engage with Chinese President Xi Jinping to secure funds for the rail projects, following directives from President Bola Tinubu.

Alkali asserted that the funding issues had stalled progress, stressing that the Federal Government had secured funds for the Kano-Kaduna segment.

The minister also hinted that the ministry was working with security agencies to deploy surveillance and ensure that rail infrastructures are not vandalised.

He said, “The President is desirous in ensuring that these projects are completed and being put into use because transportation is an enabler of economic growth and a gateway to the nation’s economy. It is, of course, one of the eight priority areas of the present istration.

“The president has directed the Vice president to engage President Xi in a bilateral discussion on the financing of Ibadan-Abuja and Kaduna-Kano rail projects. So far, Kaduna-Kano has been released. We are just trying to cascade the final stage for the drawdown of the loan so that they will have the financing. That of Ibadan to Abuja is also under very serious engagement with the Chinese government.

“The Ministry and the Nigerian Railway Corporation are working hard to ensure that these vandals do not destroy our properties. We are deploying so many major surveillances in conjunction with the security agencies to ensure that these properties are not allowed to be vandalised.”

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Tinubu is now taking the path of Buhari by borrowing from China. I hope the loan is not also tied to crude oil wey we never fit refine.

How many times?

Another huge debt

Our government keeps disgracing us, It’s either we’re begging or asking for loans
The most funny part is also begging them to forgive your loans

Everything about tinubu government na loan and borrow..

Hehehe.

The only thing they know how to do is to borrow.

The most annoying thing is that the money borrowed will be looted by APC .

WOW ..


Lazy leaders

Lazy workers

All these helps and loans....China will soon seize Nigeria beginning with Tinubu and Shettima

There was a country

Never heard of any project in the east , we want out so that we can develop our land , I hope the international community is aware of all the anti Igbo acts in Nigeria going to a century , it is a genocide pure and out

Na statistics we go chop?

Borrow borrow government

Yankee101:
How many times?

every time they always allocate money for the same project that they have commissioned. Well china no the people they collected money from

So with all the money the government collected from the masses in the form of income taxes, subsidy removal, heavy import duties, value added taxes and the oil revenue, they can't do anything without external funding?

Ladies and gentlemen, a day will come when having an affiliation with apc will be considered a treason.

I don’t care if na borrow or stealing government wants to use for train From ibadan to Abuja sofer the train will be done in modern way. Am in

Nigeria is a cash cow

Everybody is milking

It's time for the Obedients to stop hating and recognize the FG for seeking international funding to develop critical infrastructure for the benefit of all Nigerians.

China should not drop a penny . No be only Ibadan to Abuja .. mrcheeww

Yoruba people do not travel ..I have seen professors and PhD holders in SW who never left their state All their lives

Any rail project that does not capture the SE is useless and a tribalist endeavour . And should be discarded by the civilised Chinese

Ok nice development

Lagos_ibadan presently running is quite lovely.

I wish more dual fuel used on Trains so as to used diesel or gas combinely.

This will lower the price of rail transport and make it affordable.

But what's really wrong with our leaders with all this white elephant project, buhari came used ameachi and did nonsense, now it's tinubu

We

Curious345:
China should not drop a penny . No be only Ibadan to Abuja .. mrcheeww

Yoruba people do not travel ..I have seen professors and PhD holders in SW who never left their state All their lives

Any rail project that does not capture the SE is useless and a tribalist endeavour . And should be discarded by the civilised Chinese

Cry harder
We don't care about second hand citizens...more over most of your elites resides in Southwest.

They should stop this rail project thing

The ones been built of which benefit has it been

This is something else in this country

Nigeria is gone

Karemarealty288:

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How we can not do a single thing for ourself still baffles me. For fucking thing we run to overseas for help. How do these leaders even gather the courage to go talk to those people for help? No shame nothing nothing.

China's substandard projects/products no dey tire una?

B.promax