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Minister of Transport Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi (L) receiving a plaque from the President of Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh during the second National Transport Summit organized by CIoTA in Abuja.

Minister of Transport Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi (L) receiving a plaque from the President of Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh during the second National Transport Summit organized by CIoTA in Abuja.

Lagos-Ibadan rail line to begin operation ahead commissioning in January

Rotimi Amaechi says the rail project has been delivered and will begin operation before the official commissioning.

byPress Release
December 4, 2020
2 min read

President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the newly constructed Lagos-Ibadan rail line by January 2021.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of elected members of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA).

Mr Amaechi’s statement was contained in an official statement by Philip Kyanet, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

Mr Amaechi said the rail project has been delivered and its usage would commence before the official commissioning. He also disclosed that he had approved the fares for the route.

According to him, “I just got the mandate from President Buhari that he would commission the Lagos-Ibadan railway in January 2021. However, they should have been operating even before that time.

“I also have approved the cost of transportation by rail from Lagos to Ibadan. We just transferred the cost, as that of Kaduna, which we think is quite fair.”

Mr Amaechi said the Buhari administration was committed to reviving and improving the entire transport infrastructure in the country.

He said there were already many visible changes, especially in the aviation and maritime subsectors of the transportation industry.

“In the transport sector under this government, a lot is going on, like working to complete the terminals under aviation. I am sure you would have seen changes at the Port Harcourt airport and Abuja. I am sure the Minister of Aviation will tell us very soon when the airport in Kano and the one in Lagos would be completed.”

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While commending the activities of CIoTA under the leadership of Bashir Jamoh, Mr Amaechi said the Federal Ministry of Transportation would partner with the Institute to encourage professionalism in the transport sector as well as ensure seamless and effective transportation across all modes.

In his remarks earlier, Mr Jamoh, who is also Director-General of NIMASA, lauded the effort of the federal government to upgrade the transport infrastructure.

Minister of Transport Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi (L) and the President of Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh during the second National Transport Summit organized by CIoTA in Abuja.
Minister of Transport Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi (L) and the President of Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh during the second National Transport Summit organized by CIoTA in Abuja.

He said CIoTA was promoting professionalism and training to aid the government with the right manpower to man the transport infrastructure.

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The CIoTA President stated, “Nigeria has made significant investment in transportation.

“The journey for the Institute has begun. We are building on broad policies anchored on a tripod of professionalism; education, research and development; and advocacy.”

To ensure professionalism, Mr Jamoh said CIoTA was working hard to empower members with the required skills, knowledge and expertise to man the country’s transportation infrastructure.

The Institute is also working with universities and other tertiary institutions to try to build professionalism in the transport sector from the undergraduate level, he said, adding that committees have been set up to follow up on policy recommendations from CIoTA to ensure their implementation.

Philip Kyanet

Head, Corporate Communications,

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philip.kyanet@nimasa.gov.ng

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