The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed together with the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, embarked on an inspection tour of the ongoing construction of the Apapa axis of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line.
The inspection tour started at the Ebute-Metta Junction (EBJ) Rail Station. The Ministers and other NRC management team, rode on the narrow gauge corridor to Apapa port to monitor the standard gauge track laying and the rail station.
The team, which returned to EBJ, boarded the new train at Tejuosho, Yaba, and embarked on a ride to Ibadan in Oyo State.
The government officials stopped at Agege to the admiration of many residents who stood by both sides to cheer the team over the new trains.
At the Agege rail station under construction, Amaechi told the contractor handling the project, China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation to speed up the work.
The minister also said that the CCECC needed to work hard to deliver all projects being handled all over the country before April 2023.
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The 10 major and minor stations on the 156km rail line were at various stages of completion but the rail track has been completed to EBJ from Ibadan.
The stations along the corridor are Apapa, EBJ, Agege, Agbado, Kajola, Papalanto, Abeokuta, Olodo, Omi-Adio and Ibadan.
The Lagos-Ibadan rail project is the first double-track standard gauge modern railway in West Africa.
The project is being constructed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) an affiliate of China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC).
The tracks for the 156km modern rail project has been completed while work on the routes and stations near completion.
