FEC Approves $3.02Bn Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Narrow Gauge Railway Project
THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge railway estimated to cost $3.02 billion to complete.
Also approved is the setting up of two shoes, garments and leather processing hubs in Aba and Janguza, in Abia and Kano states respectively, under a Private, Public Partnership arrangement.
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi while speaking to news men after the virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja said FEC has also approved the construction of a deep seaport at Bonny and a railway industrial park in Port Harcourt.
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