The Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri standard gauge rail line will be ready for commercial use next year, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said. The minister dropped the hint while addressing journalists at the Agbor Railway Station 7 shortly after inspecting the facility. The minister said that the 34-year-old rail line was originally conceived to serve as […]
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IJAW leaders have appealed to their people to queue behind Mr. Chibuike Amaechi in ensuring that Ijaw produce the next governor of Rivers State. The leaders, in a communiqué by Chief Mike Loyibo, at the end of a meeting held in Port Harcourt, said their decision was not political but anchored on the spirit of […]
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With the external debt of about $18.9 billion and domestic debt of about ₦21.725 trillion,Nigeria is indeed sitting on a time bomb that may explode soon. But recent pronouncements by the Transportation Minister Chubike Amaechi suggest that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration seems not to see any dangers posed by this looming debt trap. At […]
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The Director- General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, said the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has initiated plans to create a national policy on Blue Economy. Peterside said this in Lagos on Thursday during an enlightenment workshop organised for directors of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). According to him, the […]
Read More The Federal Government said on Monday that it had implemented 16.55 per cent of the capital component of the 2017 budget of Ministry of Transportation. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Land Transport to defend the 2018 budget proposal of his ministry. The Chairman […]
Read More The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday said that the $36 billion being sought by the Federal Government for rail lines construction across the country would be used to connect virtually all state capitals in Nigeria by rail. Speaking as a guest during a radio programme monitored by our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday, […]
Read More The Federal Government on Monday announced that commercial activities will begin on the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line in June next year. According to the government, the rail line connecting about five states has been abandoned for over 30 years. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, told journalists during an inspection tour of rail lines that the […]
Read More Transportation Minister,Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday confirmed the diversion of Nigerian bound cargoes to ports of neighbouring countries by Nigerian importers. Speaking at an Advocacy Roundtable organized by the Nigeria British Chamber of Commerce, (NBCC), Amaechi said that Nigerian importers have resorted to the use of ports of neighbouring countries to the detriment of the nation’s […]
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