Two years and two months after the ground breaking ceremony of the $1.5billion Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project, the Federal Government at the weekend declared the project 70 per cent completed from Ebutte-Metta, Lagos to Ibadan, Oyo State.
The minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, however said from Ebutte-Metta to the Lagos Port in Apapa, the project is about 10 – 15 per cent completed.
The project was originally designed from Ebute-Metta to Ibadan but the minister extended it to Apapa to make it possible for mass movement of cargos in order to reduce the prevalent congestion in the port.
Amaechi spoke at the weekend during the inspection of the project as well as a valedictory project steering committee meeting held with the contractor, the Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC) in Papalanto, Ogun state. Read more