The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has ordered the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC to re-evaluate its existing assets at the Apapa Ports, to create space for the proposed Apapa rail station.
Amaechi said this while inspecting the site for the proposed station, which is part of the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail project in Lagos.
According to him, after inspecting the site, the railway property at Apapa actually calls for an audit, to know which of the property is still on lease, as well as those whose lease had expired.
Speaking on issues hindering the use of rail to transport cargo to the Apapa port, the minister said only the standard guage lines could be used to increase the volume of cargo that could be transported daily.
The minister said that work was ongoing on the Jibowu 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 seven months.
