“Lagos-Ibadan Railway Will Be Ready In February 2019”. See Photos From The Site

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The Federal government has restated its commitment to completing the
Lagos-Ibadan Railway in good time as the Chinese Civil Engineering
Construction Company (CCECC), the Contractor handling the Project was
charged to expedite the pace of work on the Railway Project to ensure
that the Rail Line is ready for usage by February 2019.

The
Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi made this
known on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, while briefing Journalists at
Papàlanto in Ogun State immediately after the inspection tour of the
Rail Line and Monthly Meeting of the project Monitoring Steering
Committee of the Project.

According to him, “thank God the Press
are impressed. I’m impressed? Yes.What I expected and I have told them
(CCECC) is that there must be train on the track by February 2019, by
that I mean, train on the track that makes transport sense such that we
must be able to convey passengers from Lagos to Abeokuta and possibly to
Ibadan and we must work towards achieving this target”, he said.

He
further reiterated that the pace of work on the Railway project is
progressing given that there are now minimal challenges that could
hinder construction work. He noted that the challenge of constant
rainfall was no longer there and the Contractor has few Bridges to be
built. He affirmed that by the end of this month, they will have one or
two bridges to build.

In order to accelerate the pace of work and
achieve the new target, the Minister advised the Contractor to
temporarily suspend work on the construction of Stations along the
corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Rail line and focus on the laying of tracks
being the major work at the moment.

Given the Security situation
at the Lagos axis of the Railway Project, Amaechi stated that CCECC has
reported some incidences of Community harassment on the Contractor and
Workers as well as theft to their equipment. He, therefore, charged
CCECC to promptly seek the support of security agencies for adequate and
effective policing of their personnel and equipment.

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