The Federal Government has approved $1,959,744,723.71 for the construction of a rail line that will link Nigeria to Niger Republic.
The approval was given on Wednesday at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that the sum approved for the development of the proposed rail line linking Kano-Dutse-Katsina-Jibia and to Maradi in Niger Republic is inclusive of Value Added Tax.
According to him, apart from that, the council also approved the award of a contract worth N3.049bn for the design, manufacture, supply, testing, and commissioning of one railway crane for the purposes of clearing rail tracks in situations of accidents.
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