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May 12, 2019
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi hasordered the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC to re-evaluate its existingassets at the Apapa Ports, to create space for the proposed Apapa rail station.
Amaechi said this while inspecting the site for theproposed station, which is part of the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard guage railproject in Lagos.
According to him, after inspecting the site, therailway property at Apapa actually calls for an audit, to know which of theproperty is still on lease, as well as those whose lease had expired.
Speaking on issues hindering the use of rail totransport cargo to the Apapa port, the minister said only the standard guagelines could be used to increase the volume of cargo that could be transporteddaily.
The minister said that work was ongoing on theJibowu and Costain bridges that would be demolished.Also speaking, the Managing Director of NRC,Fidet Okhiria said that the Apapa station would be completed within sevenmonths.