FG to Link Major Seaports to Railway Network – Minister

The Federal Government is committed to evolving the seaport economy and determined to link all the country’s major seaports to railway to ease the movement of goods from the seaports.

The Minister of transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, explained that his ministry was working to re-connect the country’s railway with the seaports in a bid to boost economic activities.

He stated that President Muhamadu Buhari’s resolve to diversify the economy had brought to the front burner the need to implement the inter-modal means of transportation in the country.

“We expect that before June or July, we should begin the process or we should start the construction of the Lagos-Kano, and possibly the Lagos-Calabar railway. If those two contracts commence, then we expect that they would generate employment and economic activity would improve,” the minister said.

Amaechi further revealed that the ministry has decided that all of the rail lines must terminate at the seaport so that people can import from any particular place and get their goods on time.