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Kano is important to Nigeria, Kano is also important to the railway sector – Amaechi

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Nigeria’s minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has highlighted the importance of the Kano-Kaduna rail project to the country’s economic development. According to him, because of the economic viability of the state, the rail line and the Inland Dry Port would boost the business activities.

Amaechi made this known when he led a delegation of Nigerian Shippers Council and Nigeria Railway Corporation on a courtesy visit to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano.

”Kano is important to Nigeria,  Kano is also important to the railway sector and we are trying to see how to bring Maritime into Kano, it is important to note that the Nigerian Shippers’ Council North-West Zonal Office is located at Kano because of the economic importance. “We believe that the government has the capacity to protect those projects and respond to the needs of the users,”he said.

” We are here because we want to see how far you have gone with the Dala Inland Dry Port because between now and July we will start work on the Kano-Kaduna part of the rail and wherever we link the Kano rail to Kaduna and link Ibadan to Abuja,  then we have solved the problem of cargoes.” The minister said.

” We have to learn how to manage cargoes that come to Kano as you know,  we are also linking Kano-Maradi, so Kano will be the hub for the railway sector with a major station in Kano, it will be able to control the volume of human traffic in Kano.” He further stated.

Responding,  Ganduje said that he was delighted that the Zonal Office of the Nigerian Shippers Council was located in the State because of the commercial nature of the State. Ganduje said that based on the population of the State, the volume of imports and export was very high noting that Kano has the highest vote during elections and the highest seat at the National Assembly. He pledged to make the Dala Inland Dry Port wet in terms of performance.

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