The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has proposed N205 billion as capital budget for 2021 to enable the ministry make significant progress on all its ongoing projects. Amaechi made this known in a statement during his presentation before the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Land and Marine Transport in Abuja. He said that out of the N205 billion, land transport had about N204 million, marine transport had N845 million with an overhead cost of about N358 million for the year 2021. The total capital appropriation of the ministry for…
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Port Harcourt Maiduguri narrow gauge railway reconstruction to begin 2021
The reconstruction and rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Maiduguri; Eastern narrow gauge railway, is to start in 2021, says Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. He said this during the 2021 budget defence of the ministrys estimates before the Joint Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives held in Abuja on Friday. Amaechi said that the rehabilitation of the gauge was part of priority projects of the Federal Government to achieve intermodal transportation to enhance economic growth. He also mentioned the construction of the central railway from Itakpe to Abuja and…
Read MoreReps Summon Amaechi, Zainab Ahmed, Pantami over 500 million dollar Chinese loan
The House of Representatives has demanded appearances by the minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, those of Communication and Finance, Dr. Ali Isa Pantami and Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, to provide answers on the $500 million loan to be sourced from the Export-Import Bank of China for railway lines in the country. They are also to provide details on the agreement signed between the Federal Ministry of Transport and the CCECC in respect of some railway projects in the country. The projects involved are the Abuja-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan, Ibadan-Kaduna and Kaduna-Kano rail…
Read MoreAbuja-Kaduna fare to cost N6,000 when train service resumes Amaechi
The train fare for the Abuja to Kaduna service will double when the train resumes, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has said. He stated this on Saturday while inspecting construction works on the Ikapke to Warri rail line. Our Correspondent reports that before the lockdown, the fare on the service were as follows: First class Express trip: N3,000; First-class normal trip: N2,500; economy express trip: N1,500 and economy normal trip: N1,300. But with the new announcement, the fare will be as follows: N6,000, N5,000, N3000 and N2,600 respectively.…
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