President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge project on June 10, the Federal Government has said.
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed announced this yesterday during a joint inspection of the project with Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi.
Mohammed told reporters at the Wole Soyinka Railway Station in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, that the inspection was meant to ensure that everything is in place ahead of the ceremony.
He said: “Tentatively, the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge will be inaugurated on June 10. What the Honourable Minister is doing is to ensure that all the Is are dotted and the Ts are crossed before June 10.”
Mohammed reiterated the commitment of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to improve the lives of Nigerians through railway modernisation across the country to significantly cut travel times and make land journeys more comfortable.
He said: “The government is desirous of improving the lives of the people in the area of transportation.
“There is nothing to deflect the attacks on this administration than by showing concrete evidence like this one that this administration is focused, is committed to delivering infrastructure to Nigerians.”