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Lagos-Ibadan standard rail: Between CCECC’s pace and NRC’s readiness
Oct 16, 2020
Lagos-Ibadan rail. Photo: TWITTER/SEYIAMAKINDE
The long awaited delivery of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge project has been a dilemma considering the issues bedevilling its completion. In this report, BENJAMIN ALADE examines cause of the delay amidst its readiness for commercial activities.
Despite the delay that marred the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge project, the China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC) said it has completed the laying of the double tracks of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge project to Ebute-Metta Junction (EBJ) inside the premises of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) in Lagos.
Expected to be completed earlier in May, the COVID- 19, which has become a global health challenge, threatened its completion. However, the $1.5bn project has been repeatedly facing delays since it was first signed into agreement in 2012.
As Nigerians await the commencement of commercial activities on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge project, The Guardian reports that with the completion of the tracks laying, the contractor is set to continue from EBJ to the nation’s premier ports, Apapa, a feat that would transform the nation’s economic landscape, enable massive movement of cargoes and ease port congestion.
It is also expected to enable the freight of consumer goods and refined petroleum products via the rail track from the port to the hinterland and other parts of the country.
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