Tag: Warri South

Buhari inaugurates 326KM Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line

Ishaku Yohanna

to present 2021 budget next week Nigerias President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the 326 km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation. At the commission which was done virtually, President Buhari described the rail project as an important link for the countrys economy and added that the rail line will link people across the cultural divides and expand the frontier of trade and commerce. The Railway Infrastructure that I have the honour to commission today is the rail line from Itakpe via the steel town complex of Ajaokuta to Warri, and…

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Delta communities vow to disrupt AKK project over alleged marginalisation

Ishaku Yohanna

The people of Gbaramatu Kingdom and the members of the Movement for the Development of Itsekiri Oil/Gas Producing Communities (MDIOGPC), both from Warri South West Council Area of Delta, on Sunday vowed to disrupt the 614km-long Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) project if their earlier demands are not met. The communities had earlier demanded, among others, that the Federal Government should immediately halt the current process of bid for the 57 marginal oil fields and direct the relevant MDAs and OICs to embark on large scale shore protection and sand filling projects in…

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