Senator Gbenga Ashafa’s plans to turn Nigerian railways around (Vanguard)

In a bid to turn around the railway sector across Nigeria, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, representing Lagos East Senatorial District and current Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport at the Red Chamber, has led the passage of the Nigerian Railway Bill of 2016, National Transport Commission Bill and the Labour Transportation Bill which seek to breakdown the railway sector into the regulatory and operations component. This is in-line with international best practice and more importantly to create a level playing field for private sector participation. It has been gathered that as a result of this giant legislative strides by the Distinguished Senator, works had already commenced on Lagos to Ibadan segment of Lagos to Kano Standard Guage Rail System. Read more