Nigeria, Minister for Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, during a courtesy visit to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Tuesday, announced that the ministry would design the rail lines to connect Kebbi, Zamfara, and Sokoto in line with the mandate to have rail in all the state capitals.
This is one of the mandates of President Muhammadu Buhari was to have a functional rail system in the 36 states of the federation.
The Minister While addressing the stakeholders said “We are here for the National Council on Transportation with the theme; ‘Efficiency of Intermodalism in Transportation and how to take transport to a greater level. “I know what will interest you is we want to design the Sokoto and Kebbi rail lines, there are three states or four states in this design plan.
This includes whether connecting from Katsina or Kano; the three states are Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara. “And we are working towards taking it to the Senate for approval and once it is approved, it will complete the 36 states mandate given to us.
The Governor of Sokoto state, Mr. Tambuwal while welcoming the stakeholders to Sokoto and assured the ministry of his support in order to move transportation forward in his state. He also Implored the Federal Government to assist in the area of security at the airport by providing scanners at the place.
