The Federal Executive Council
(FEC) has approved the award of contracts for the rehabilitation and
reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern narrow-gauge railway,
with new branch lines and trans-shipment facilities.
The Minister of Transportation,
Mr Rotimi Amaechi, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents
on the outcome of the 18th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
The meeting was presided over by
President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa,
Abuja, on Wednesday.
The minister also revealed that
the Council approved the construction of a new deep seaport in Bonny, under the
Private-Public- Partnership (PPP) programme and the construction of an
Industrial railway park in Port Harcourt.
“The Federal Executive Council
today, approved the award of contract for the rehabilitation and reconstruction
of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge Railway, with new branch
lines and trans-shipment facilities.
“It also approved the
construction of a deep seaport in Bonny under PPP and construction of an
industrial railway park in Port Harcourt.
“The railway line will be at the
cost of $3,020,279,549. The industrial park, which is under PPP, at no cost to
the federal government, will cost $241,154,389.31.
“The Bonny deep seaport will cost
$461,924,369, at no cost to the federal government.
“The Port Harcourt to Maiduguri
narrow gauge railway will have new branch lines: from Port Harcourt to Bonny
and from Port Harcourt to Owerri are new lines.
“There is another connecting
narrow gauge to standard gauge at Kafanchan.
“There is a branch line from
Gombe or before Maiduguri to Damaturu and Gashua. That’s what has been
approved,’’ he said.
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