Latest Africanss News/December 6, 2018/@xtraconfl/155 views Rotimi Amaechi Says Lagos-Ibadan Railway Train Operations To Beging February 2019share on:FacebookTwitter Google +Pinterest Tumblr Linked InEmailSend to Email Address:Your NameYour Email AddressEmail check failed, please try againCancel </center> <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-148892" src="https://6krin77j54lxjfsk-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Amaechi-rivers-state-600x287-14.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="287" srcset="https://6krin77j54lxjfsk-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Amaechi-rivers-state-600x287-14.jpg 600w , http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Amaechi-rivers-state.jpg 702w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"/> Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation has urged the contractor handling the Lagos-Ibadan railway project, Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), to expedite action to ensure that train operations begin by February 2019. He also urged the firm to temporarily suspend work on the construction of station buildings along the corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line and focus on the laying of tracks being the major work at the moment so that by February, train operations would commence from Lagos to Abeokuta and subsequently to Ibadan. ALSO READ Pretoria church members die in Limpopo crashThe minister, who spoke yesterday, December 5 while inspecting the rail line after the monthly meeting of the project monitoring steering committee, expressed satisfaction at the pace of work. A statement made available to journalists and signed by the Deputy Director, Press, in the ministry, said the minister noted that the pace of work on the railway project is progressing given that there are now minimal challenges that could hinder construction work. ALSO READ John Campbell Says President Buhari Won Last Three Elections But Was Rigged OutHe, however, charged CCECC to promptly seek the support of security agencies for adequate and effective policing of their personnel and equipment as a result of incidences of community harassment on the firm and its workers as well as theft of their equipment. <br/><!-- MarketGidComposite Start --> <!-- NM Content Widget --><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2460597205856998" data-ad-slot="2393573647" data-ad-format="autorelaxed"/> <center> </center> Leave A Comment Below Related share on: FacebookTwitter Google +Pinterest Tumblr Linked InEmailSend to Email Address:Your NameYour Email AddressEmail check failed, please try againCancel previous articleRotimi Amaechi Says Lagos-Ibadan Railway Train Operations To Beging February 2019next articleRotimi Amaechi Says Lagos-Ibadan Railway Train Operations To Beging February 2019Related PostsLatest Africanss News/February 16, 2019 /No Comment Ruto expands team, plans to quit in 2029Latest Africanss News/February 16, 2019 /No Comment Buhari Campaign Blames PDP For Postponement Of ElectionsAfrica: Debutant Young Menas Dream BigElections Postponement Plan To Disenfranchise Voters – AtikuAlgeria: Council of the Nation – New Members Installed, Bensalah Re-Elected Speaker‘You have failed us, resign now’ - Nigerians call out INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu for postponing the 2019 electionsAfrica: Senegalese FA Evaluating Co-Organising 2025 Nations Cup With Guinea, Gambia or MauritaniaIs spicy Omoyele Sowore the “deviant” Nigeria needs? – African ArgumentsGunmen Kill 66 People In Southern KadunaWestern Sahara: Algeria and South Africa Renew Their Support to Saharawi People Right to Self-Determination and Freedom