Buhari Commissions Abuja Light Rail

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Abuja Metro rail line.

The president flagged-off the railway services signaling the commencement of operations on Thursday Morning at the new metro station in Central Business District (CBD), Abuja.

After the Inauguration, Buhari, other dignitaries and journalists took a ride from the CBD metro station to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

The 45.245km rail line has been in the works for over 11 years and is said to be the first light rail system in West Africa, with connections to Abuja airport and National rail line.

Meanwhile, the FCT Minister Muhammad Musa had last week in a meeting asked for the partnership of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to ensure a problem-free operation of the Abuja rail mass transit system.

“Based on your observations and your guidance, we will really appreciate the support from you so that we start a skeletal thing as we don’t want a situation whereby Mr. President inaugurates the project and we just close up shop.

“We intend to run it from the airport to the Central Business District gradually for the people to know about it and for us to go through the learning curve,” he said.

However, the General Manager of NRC, Fidet Ohiria, pledged the support of the corporation towards the successful running of the Light Rail Project.