See What Jonathan Failed To Do! Buhari Approves Rail Lines From Kano To His Hometown, Daura

For five years as president, Goodluck Jonathan, was accused of not attracting any major infrastructural development to his home state of Bayelsa, however, his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved a rail line from Kano to his hometown in Daura, Jibia local government area of Katsina state.

Before the latest project, which was disclosed by Mr. Rotimi Ameachi, minister of transportation, Buhari had ordered for a helipad to built in Daura immediately he assumed office.

Ameachi as a guest at The Osasu Show Symposium in Abuja on Friday, explained that the president also approved rail lines from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, Kano to Maiduguri, Makurdi to Jos, Gombe to Yobe to Borno, Jigawa to Niger Republic.

“GE came here and annouced that they would give us 100 locomotives, we did the audit of our; our narrow gauge can’t carry 17 locomotives, so by October 1st to October 2nd, we would be launching about six to ten locomotives, because our narrow gauge can’t carry more than that.

“Government said concession this narrow guage, and we have successfully done that to the extent that we are able to sign an agreement with GE. By October GE will take over the narrow guage and begin to run from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri.

“When they stop at Umuahia, economic activities will be at Umuahia; the Umuahia station will become an economic hub. We the Ibos in Umuahia will be able to establish shops and sell goods we would like sell.

“That station from Port Harcourt to Aba, Aba to Umuahia, Umuahia to Enugu, Enugu to Makurdi, Makurdi to Jos, Jos to Bauchi, Bauchi to Gombe, Gombe to Borno.

“The president has also approved another rail line from Kano to Daura to Jibia and we hope to connect Jigawa from there and to Niger Republic,” Ameachi disclosed.