Nigeria’s Government has approved on Wednesday construction of 248-kilometre Kano to Maradi in the Niger Republic for a cost of $1.96 billion, inclusive of the 7.5% value-added tax (VAT).
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this to journalists after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Amaechi had earlier explained that initiative was designed to connect three Nigerian states in the north; Kano, Katsina and Jigawa state, as well as seven senatorial districts.
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The rail line, which will start from Kano, is to pass through Dambatta, Kazaure, Daura, Mashi, Katsina, Jibia and terminate in Maradi, Niger Republic.
When completed, it would assist in the supply of crude oil from the Niger Republic to the refinery being built in the border town between both countries
The contract, it was gathered, was initiated in February 2018 and designed to connect three Nigerian states in the north; Kano, Katsina and Jigawa state, as well as seven senatorial districts.
The rail line, which will start from Kano, is to pass through Dambatta, Kazaure, Daura, Mashi, Katsina, Jibia and terminate in Maradi, Niger Republic.
When completed, it would assist in the supply of crude oil from the Niger Republic to the refinery being built in the border town between both countries