President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, perform the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kano-Maradi rail project, awarded at the cost of $1.959 billion.
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Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, who announced this via his twitter handle, said the ceremony will take place at the Katsina axis of the project.
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In January 2021, the Federal Government entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Mota-Engil Group on the construction of the $1.959billion Kano-Maradi standard gauge railway line.
Amaechi had signed on behalf of the federal government, while the managing director of Mota-Engil, Antonio Gvoea, signed for the contracting firm.
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The railway project is expected to connect three northern states in Nigeria, namely: Kano, Katsina and Jigawa and terminate in Maradi, Niger Republic.
Other cities that will be touched by the during the project in Nigeria are: Danbatta, Kazaure, Daura, Mashi, Katsina and Jibiya.
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The project’s duration is 36 months, and the contract type is engineering, procurement and construction.
