According to the minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Mohammed Bello, the FCTA is putting everything in place to ensure that the Abuja rail system is operational in the last quarter of 2017. He revealed this during a visit by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kechichwu.
Bello said the last quarter of 2017 is the new target date envisaged by the FCT Administration, that when the Abuja rail comes on board, it would revolutionize the transportation system as motorists will be attracted to board the trains, adding that it will go a long way to creating employment for some resident in FCT.
He also called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to build Mega Filling Stations in the six area councils of the FCT, instead of only one earmarked for each Senatorial districts in the 36 states of the federation, stressing that a large population of the territory resides in the area councils and satellite towns.
The Minister of State and Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, said the corporation was planning to construct additional Mega Filling Stations in all the Senatorial Districts of the country in partnership with the states of the federation which is three per state. Whereas, 15 state governors already showed their interest in the project by providing plots of land.
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