Lagos-Ibadan rail can run on electric in future
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nigeria as of today has paid 100 per cent counterpart funding for that project1 the ongoing lagos-ibadan standard gauge rail project can be converted to electric train in future the nigerian railway corporation nrc has assured nigerians1 he said that the project was not just about the standard gauge only1 according to him the government has taken into cognisance the possibility for this project to be converted into an electrically driven train in the future1 im sure most nigerians are aware of the lagos-ibadan standard gauge railway project1 this is one of the projects that government of the day has taken very seriously1 as a matter of fact its a project funded by china and nigeria government1 mr jerry oche the railway district manager of the nigerian railway corporation told the news agency of nigeria nan on wednesday in lagos that the federal government was serious on delivering the project on time as work is going on as we speak1 every month we have project meeting chaired by the minister of transport rotimi amechi himself not representative1 the government of the day is serious on delivering that project work is going on as we speak1 and of course in railway the standard gauge is the in-thing of the day1 this particular project is not just about the standard gauge weve also taken into cognisance the possibility for this project to be converted into an electrically driven train in the future1 all the provisions all the land weve acquired weve made provision for that possibility in case we wake up tomorrow and we say hey we want to convert it to electric trains1 but we all know why we wouldnt want to do that now we all know the power situation in the country1 but if there is an improvement i can assure you we will change to that electric trains oche said. nan1