Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi yesterday disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the building of two new seaports in Bonny, Rivers State and Warri in Delta State. He also said government was ready to construct the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line. Amaechi expressed President Muhammadu Buhari’s assurances to reconstruct the entire stretch of the rail line with a spur to a railway industrial park in Port Harcourt, which he said, has been added to the design. Amaechi spoke Nigeria Economic Outlook 2020, organised by Deloitte in Dialogue in Lagos yesterday with the theme, “Railway Infrastructure: Progress and Plan.”He said, “We will provide railway for Port Harcourt to Maiduguri. “Lagos to Kano rail is capable of moving 30 million tons of cargo from Lagos to Kano, while Port Harcourt to Maiduguri can take 11 million tons of cargo.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2020 21:56 UTC