Tag: Itakpe-Warri

Buhari inaugurates Itakpe-Warri rail line today

Ishaku Yohanna

President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri standard gauge train and flag-off commercial train services on Tuesday (today). The federal ministry of transportation tweeted on Monday that Buhari will also inaugurate the Itakpe-Warri railway ancillary facility yard. According to the ministry, the event will take place at Goodluck Jonathan railway complex, Agbor (Owa-Oyibo), Delta state. Fidet Okhiria, managing director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), on Sunday, said Buhari will not be physically present but will conduct the inauguration virtually. Okhiria said Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, will lead other…

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Buhari names railway complex after Jonathan

Ishaku Yohanna

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of Itakpe-Warri Railway Complex in Agbor, Delta State after former President Goodluck Jonathan. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced this while inspecting the Warri-Itakpe rail line on Saturday. He also expressed satisfaction at the quality of work at the various stations, saying the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge rail line is set and ready for inauguration. “It is the duty of the Ministry to convince the Presidency that we are ready for Commissioning, I won’t Commission. It is the president that will Commission but we…

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