The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will commission the Lagos-Ibadan Railway in January 2021.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, during an inspection of the railway project.
“We have cooperation from the various communities along the standard gauge construction; the contractors have done what they could do but the problem is change in weather.
“They couldn’t work beyond that period, besides that, I think the contractors have done well.
“The construction is coming to an end; they are trying to beat the target they gave the ministry of transportation because there is huge improvement.
“Is there any facility in Nigeria that is better than the one in Ebute-Meta,?” he asked.
He added that the transition period between now and January would enable the Federal Government acquire Right of Way for Lagos-Ibadan route.
He said that mounting perimeter fencing would be difficult as he cited an example of how the one constructed in Warri was pulled down by hoodlums.
