Group petitions Ogun Assembly over diversion of Lagos-Calabar rail route

Mr Amaechi said because of the traffic congestion at Apapa, the project would now go to Lagos through Ore, Epe, and end...

over the pronouncement of the Minister of Transport that they have redirected the proposed Calabar-Lagos rail line.

But Mr Amaechi said because of the traffic congestion at Apapa, the project would now go to Lagos through Ore, Epe, and end at the Lekki deep seaport. He said the latter was executed in advance to take secondary cargo from Lekki to the rail station earlier designed at Ijebu-Ode-Ilese. It accused the minister of “political and economic ignorance” by diverting or redirecting the rail routes from the established viable route as contained in the pre-Development and Feasibility Studies .

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