36 yrs after, Buhari commits to make P/Harcourt-Maiduguri rail-line work again

Abandoned since 1985, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has expressed commitment to ensure that the Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line is resuscitated. The President spoke virtually yesterday during the ground-breaking ceremony of three projects, namely: the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Port Harcourt– Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge railway project, Bonny Deep Sea Port and Railway Industrial Park, Port-Harcourt. The President said the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt–Maiduguri railway would reactivate economic activities along the Eastern corridor, which have been greatly affected by insecurity. He added that the country’s aspiration for nationwide transport infrastructure…

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