Completing Lagos-Ibadan rail line by April is no longer feasible – Amaechi

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has announced that completion of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line by April 2020 is no longer feasible.

The Minister who was accompanied on inspection of the ongoing work by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State stated that they will continue to work and redouble their efforts to complete the project and meet set targets.

His tweets read;

Today, Oyo State Governor,@seyimakinde is accompanying us on the monthly inspection of work on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line. We are going the whole nine yards. From the mega station in Ebute Metta to Apapa and all the way to Ibadan. A large chunk of this rail line is in Oyo State.

Looking at the state of work in Apapa, completing the project in April doesn’t seem feasible, especially the extension of the rail line to the seaport. We’ll however, continue to work and redouble our efforts to complete the project and meet set targets.