Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Line Can’t Be Completed During President Buhari Administration – FG

By Damilare Adeleye

The federal government has disclosed that the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern rail line cannot be completed before the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari elapses in May 2023.

The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo, made this disclosure while fielding questions from journalists on Wednesday.

Sambo was questioned on what is causing the delay in the completion of the railway project as promised by the current administration when he gave the update.

He said the inability to secure foreign loans that will make 85 percent of the funds needed to execute the project is responsible for the non-completion of the work as promised to Nigerians.