Channels Television Updated March 9, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari presides virtually over the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Port Harcourt- Maiduguri Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railway.
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Port Harcourt–Maiduguri railway rehabilitation would reactivate economic activities along the Eastern corridor. The President spoke Tuesday at the virtual ground-breaking ceremony of three projects namely the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Port Harcourt– Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge railway project, Bonny deep seaport and Railway Industrial Park, Port Harcourt. He said the insecurity had affected economic activities but Nigeria’s aspiration for nationwide transport infrastructure and railways would be significantly enhanced by these three projects conceived to be integrated into their operations.