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President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has on Thursday, corrected the impression that Nigeria was building a rail line to Niger Republic.
Shehu explained that the plan was to construct the rail line up to the border Nigeria shares with the neighbouring country and not into the country itself.
However Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, had told State House correspondents on Wednesday that the Federal Executive Council approved $1.96bn for the construction of a rail line to link Kano, Dutse, Katsina and Maradi in Niger Republic.
“The second one (approval) is the award of contract for the development of the proposed Kano-Katsina-Jibia to Matadi rail line in Niger Republic and to Dutse, the capital of Jigawa, for a total cost of $1,959,744,723.71, inclusive of 7.5% VAT,” Amaechi had told reporters.
The announcement generated reactions from stakeholders and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party that accused the government of misplaced priority.
But Shehu, in a series of tweets posted on his Twitter handle, @GarShehu, on Thursday, claimed that Nigeria would only construct the rail line to the border it shares with Niger Republic in Maradi.
The presidential aide wrote, “Nigeria isn’t building rail line into Niger but, only to the designated border point. [ThePunch]
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