HONOUR TO WHOM IT IS DUE: As President Buhari Flags Off Abuja-Kaduna Railway Project
🚆 The Modernisation programme commenced in 2006, with the signing of agreement between Nigeria and the CCECC for construction of a standard gauge Lagos-Kaduna line costing $8.3 billion, 🚆 This was a part of a total repackage for the upgrade of the entire rail system to standardise gauge over a 25- year period. 🚆 The project include the Port Harcourt-Kano line and an additional one, Lagos-Calabar line (East-West) line. 🚆 The counterpart funding was faulty on the part of Nigeria, while it contravened the law. 🚆 The government of late Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua discovered that the contract did not follow due process and that the project was inflated. 🚆 Late President Yar’Adua visited china, re-negotiated and re-scoped the entire project. Partners agreed to first, get the services back and then construct standard gauge lines. 🚆 The project was segmented. The completion date of rehabilitation of Lagos-Kano and Port Harcourt-Maiduguri lines was set for December 2011.