Joseph OlaoluwaThe Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the construction of the Kano-Maradi line will help Nigeria solve the challenge of bad roads and compete favourably with neighbouring states. Amaechi said this during a train inspection tour of the 156km Lagos-Ibadan rail line on Monday. “We are not competing well with Togo, Benin Republic, Ivory Coast and Ghana over cargoes that come from the landlocked states. Amaechi tasked the contractor working on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line to increase the pace of the work. He said, “There is a need to increase the pace of the work.

Source: Punch November 23, 2020 23:03 UTC