Nigeria’s transport minister, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has said that the federal government has been waiting for a year for a Chinese government loan of $5.3bn, which is needed to start building the planned railway from Ibadan in the country’s south to Kano in the north. Amaechi said on a television programme
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Chinese-Built Railway Begins Commercial Operation in Nigeria
*Line will play critical role in transporting iron ore from central Itakpe to Warri port By Michael Marray Commercial operation has begun on the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri railway in Nigeria. The 326-kilometre, single-track project, built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), runs from the southern oil hub of Warri near the Atlantic coast