Nigeria Approves Railway Study, Transport Minister Umar Says
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Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer, approved contracts for feasibility studies for two new double carriage railways, Transport Minister Idris Umar said.
The plan includes a “detailed survey and alignment” of a 673-kilometer (418-mile) east-west coastal line and a 280-kilometer line connecting central Kogi State to Abuja, the capital. The lines will be built under a public-private partnership, Umar told reporters in Abuja today.