President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to inaugurate the completed 190-kilometre Jaji-Kano section of the Kaduna-Kano railway project on December 3, as the Federal Government moves towards completing major railway infrastructure in northern Nigeria.
Dele Alake, spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, announced the development in a statement on Sunday, disclosing that the wider 203-kilometre Kaduna-Kano railway project had reached about 90 per cent completion.
The railway line is an extension of the existing Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge network. Once fully operational, it will link Abuja, Kaduna, Zaria and Kano, providing another transportation option along one of northern Nigeria’s major commercial routes.
Alake also disclosed that the 400-kilometre Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project had achieved 70 per cent completion.
He explained that a Federal Government delegation led by Funso Adebiyi, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, recently visited both project sites following a directive from the President.
According to him, the inspection team expressed satisfaction with the standard of work carried out, particularly the railway alignment, drainage systems, embankment protection, stone pitching and soil stabilisation.
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As part of the assessment, the delegation also embarked on a test-run journey from Jaji in Kaduna State to Kano to evaluate the completed railway tracks and passenger comfort.
Alake further revealed that Tinubu had instructed the relevant authorities to immediately resolve outstanding land acquisition and compensation matters within Kaduna metropolis to enable work to progress on the remaining section of the Abuja-Kano railway corridor.
He added that another section of the Kano-Maradi railway project, covering 250 kilometres from Dawanu through Kano, Kazaure, Daura and Katsina, would also be commissioned by the President on December 3.