Govt partners Chinese firm on rail construction

The Nasarawa State Government in collaboration with a foreign firm has proposed to construct a light rail to link the state to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from Keffi to Apo. Governor Abdullahi Sule said this is intended to address the persistent problem of the daily traffic congestion on the Masaka-Mararaba-Nyanya route.  The governor revealed […]

The Nasarawa State Government in collaboration with a foreign firm has proposed to construct a light rail to link the state to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from Keffi to Apo.

Governor Abdullahi Sule said this is intended to address the persistent problem of the daily traffic congestion on the Masaka-Mararaba-Nyanya route. 

The governor revealed this while delivering his speech at a rally organised in Karu, headquarters of Karu Local Government Area, as part of the continuation of the state-wide campaign towards his re-election in 2023.

Sule informed the mammoth crowd that turned up for the rally that the Managing Director of the CCECC, Mr. David Wang, met him in Abuja on the intention of the firm to partner the state towards building the Apo-Keffi rail line, with construction work expected to commence next year.

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This is just as he announced that work has commenced on the N30 billion Nasarawa Technology Village located in Aso-Panda, which was flagged off early this year.

The technology village, the third of its kind in the country, when completed, will afford youths of the state opportunity to acquire knowledge on the digital economy, as well as acquire the necessary skills to take advantage of opportunities in the ICT world.