Railway Kano to Niger Republic – The Commerce Africa https://thecommerceafrica.com African Reneissance Fri, 25 Sep 2020 06:54:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 Nigeria Not Constructing Rail Line into Niger – Shehu https://thecommerceafrica.com/nigeria-not-constructing-rail-line-into-niger-shehu/ https://thecommerceafrica.com/nigeria-not-constructing-rail-line-into-niger-shehu/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2020 06:54:17 +0000 http://thecommerceafrica.com/?p=2080 The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Thursday explained the scope of the Kano-Katsina-Jibia-Maradi railway line, debunking impression in some quarters that the country finance a project in the territory of the neighbouring Niger Republic.

Shehu, in a number of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, said the Nigerian end of the rail line would terminate at the country’s end of the border with Niger.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved $1.96 billion for a rail project, starting from Kano and terminating at Maradi.

According to the spokesman, Nigeria and the Niger Republic signed an agreement in 2015 to build a track from their ends, explaining that the two works, named the ‘Kano-Katsina-Maradi Corridor Master Plan (K2M)”, would meet at the border.

“Nigeria isn’t building rail line into Niger but, only to the designated Border point,” Shehu said. “An agreement between Nigeria and Niger in 2015, coordinated by the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission for Cooperation has a plan for “Kano-Katsina-Maradi Corridor Master Plan, (K2M)” as it is called.

“Going by this, the two nations would each build a rail track to meet at the border town of Maradi.

“Nigerian delegates to that meeting comprised officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Boundaries Commission, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Water Resources as well as those of Kano & Katsina states.

“The objective of the rail is the harnessing of raw materials, mineral resources and agricultural produce.

“When completed, it will serve domestic industries and play the role of a a viable transportation backbone to the West African subregion, starting with the neighboring Niger Republic for their export and import logistic chain,”Shehu said.

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Nigeria to Construct $1.96bn Rail Line from Kano to Niger Republic https://thecommerceafrica.com/nigeria-to-construct-1-96bn-rail-line-from-kano-to-niger-republic/ https://thecommerceafrica.com/nigeria-to-construct-1-96bn-rail-line-from-kano-to-niger-republic/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:50:54 +0000 http://thecommerceafrica.com/?p=2067 The Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved contract of about $1.96 billion for the development of the proposed Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Jibia to Maradi rail line in Niger Republic.

The Council also okayed N745.2 million for the procurement of additional eight field forensic auditors for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and another N12.088 billion Umuahia/Bende/Ohafia road with a distance of 45 kilometers.

The Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amechi, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the disclosure while addressing State House correspondents after FEC presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Speaking on the rail project, the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said that his ministry presented two memoranda that were approved by the council.

“Two memos for the Ministry of Transportation were approved by the council,” Amaechi. “The first one is the award of contract for the design, manufacture, supply, testing and commissioning of one railway crane of 150 ton capacity for emergency and recovery of rolling stocks.”

“This is to sort out say situations of accident on the track. It is for a total cost of N3,049,544,000. That’s the first memo that was approved for the Ministry of Transportation.

“The second one is the award of contract for the development of the proposed Kano-Katsina-Jibia to Maradi rail line in Niger Republic and to Dutse, the capital of Jigawa, for a total cost of $1,959,744,723.71, inclusive of 7.5% VAT.”

The rail line from Kano in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic is to cover a track length of 248 kilometres and will pass through seven senatorial districts in the North.

The rail contract which was initially budgeted in the 2018 Appropriation will connect at least seven cities in Nigeria and one city in Niger Republic and is expected to start from Kano and pass through Dambatta, Kazaure, Daura, Mashi, Katsina, Jibia and terminate in Maradi, Niger Republic.

It will also connect three states of Jigawa, Kano and Katsina and when completed, and would aid in the supply of crude oil from Niger Republic to the refinery being built in the border town between both countries.

The border town is close to Katsina State and a mutual agreement for the construction of the refinery was some time ago reached between Nigeria and Niger Republic.

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