Railway: Igbo group accuses FG of marginalising S-East, S-South vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The group said that it was very unjust for the Federal Government to borrow huge amount of money for a national project only for some sections of the country to be excluded from the project.
In a statement signed by its President, Chief Tochukwu Ezeoke and the Secretary, Lawrence Nwobu, Igbo Ekunie Initiative accused the Buhari government of deliberately abandoning the railway contract in the two zones awarded by the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“Train services were incrementally introduced from 2014 as sections were completed. The contracts were at 85 per cent completion when President Buhari took over in May 2015 and abandoned rehabilitation and construction of the railway line. “The South West has been enjoying railway services since 2012 with the Lagos to Kano and Lagos to Abeokuta rail lines; the North has had the Lagos to Kano lines since 2012, Kano to Nguru since 2013, Minna to Kaduna, Ilorin to Kano since 2014 and Zaria-Kaura since 2015.
“We note that in the case of the South East and South South, the minister of transportation Chibuike Amaechi and the Buhari administration have deliberately excluded the South East and South South while deceiving the public to believe otherwise.”
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