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Why FG is unbundling Nigeria’s rail sector – Saraki

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2021 0

The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, says the Federal Government is unbundling and commercialising the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to optimise its operations and advance private sector participation. Saraki spoke at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum

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Nigerian ports most expensive in West Africa – Saraki

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2020 0

The Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki has described Nigerian ports as the most expensive in the West African sub- region occasioned by duplicity of functions by operators in the ports. Sen. Saraki said this yesterday when she received the leadership of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) in Abuja, who […]

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This is not what Buhari govt is about, Gbemisola Saraki blasts AbdulRazaq

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2020 0

‘Ile Arugbo is a piece of bare land that holds symbolic value of what my father stood for — humanitarianism, and that doesn’t start nor end with a building’ Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki, the Minister of State, Transport, has said. Gbemisola Saraki in a statement Friday night, speaking on the demolition of her family property the […]

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Saraki tasks govt agencies on IGR improvement

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2019 0

Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, has tasked government agencies to take Internally Generated Revenue, (IGR) seriously as it is the only way they can be productive. Sen. Saraki made this known when board members of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), paid her a courtesy visit recently […]

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Nigeria procures more rolling stock to meet rail travel demands – Saraki

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2019 0

To meet increasing demands for rail travels, the federal government has awarded contracts for the procurement of more rolling stocks to close the demand gaps for both passenger and freight services. Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, made this disclosure during an interactive session with the joint committees of the Senate and House […]

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Ibadan Rail project: No reason to delay project Amaechi tells CCECC

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2019 0

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi,  has  tasked the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), contractors handling the Lagos -Ibadan Rail project to quickly complete the project.  Amaechi  at the inspecting the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway line project told the Chinese company that they had no

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FG approves $5.3bn Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail project

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2019 0

Temitope Adebayo The federal government has approved the $5.3 billion Ibadan to Kano standard gauge rail project, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has revealed. Amaechi in a statement by his media aide, Israel Ebeleme, on Thursday, after the 3rd Maritime Stakeholders Interactive Forum held in Lagos. “We got approval to complete the $5.3 […]