Post by Honorebu on Apr 23, 2016 19:54:48 GMT
Rail Corporation
The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said the standard gauge rail lines in Nigeria will rejuvenate the country's economic development when completed.
The acting Managing Director, Fridet Ohkiria, stated this after his maiden meeting with railway workers at the corporation headquarters in Lagos. The standard gauge rail lines are to be completed by the federal government, through the Ministry of Transportation.
Ohkiria said the main focus of the government is to drive the economy through the movement of goods and persons on the modern standard gauge lines, adding that to make the railway system investment-friendly and modernised, Nigeria must move away from narrow gauge to standard gauge lines.
According to the acting MD, "The cardinal goal of the federal government is to drive the standard gauge in order to attract modernisation, investment and consequently enhance the country economic development."
"So since my appointment in February as the acting managing director of NRC, I have had series of discussion with my team on what to do to support the federal government in their bid the make the railway a reality. We are leaving the narrow gauge to standard gauge, and we are delighted to announce the arrival of five coaches which will commence the running of Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge line."
Allafrica
The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said the standard gauge rail lines in Nigeria will rejuvenate the country's economic development when completed.
The acting Managing Director, Fridet Ohkiria, stated this after his maiden meeting with railway workers at the corporation headquarters in Lagos. The standard gauge rail lines are to be completed by the federal government, through the Ministry of Transportation.
Ohkiria said the main focus of the government is to drive the economy through the movement of goods and persons on the modern standard gauge lines, adding that to make the railway system investment-friendly and modernised, Nigeria must move away from narrow gauge to standard gauge lines.
According to the acting MD, "The cardinal goal of the federal government is to drive the standard gauge in order to attract modernisation, investment and consequently enhance the country economic development."
"So since my appointment in February as the acting managing director of NRC, I have had series of discussion with my team on what to do to support the federal government in their bid the make the railway a reality. We are leaving the narrow gauge to standard gauge, and we are delighted to announce the arrival of five coaches which will commence the running of Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge line."
Allafrica