The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has fixed the groundbreaking of the Transport University, Daura, for September.
Amaechi disclosed this on Friday while inspecting the Lagos -Ibadan rail line construction.
He also disclosed that the ministry would establish a factory in Kajola, Ogun, to produce materials for the rail project.
According to the Minister: “We have agreed with contractors handling the university and the rail line to have the groundbreaking between September and October for the two projects.
Furthermore, he said contractors handling key road projects were expected to speed up pace of work to eliminate gridlocks, especially in Apapa area, Lagos.
Amaechi assured that on completion, the rail project would reduce gridlocks in Apapa and other parts of Lagos adding that the factory to be built at Kajola would produce wagons and coaches and later locomotives.
This, he said would reduce import of the equipment from China.
The minister blamed the slow pace of work on the rail project on insufficient funds as well as the absence of a cabinet to approve the payment.
The 157 kilometre Lagos-Ibadan rail project was awarded in 2017 to the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company, CCECC, at the cost of 1.6 billion Dollars with a three-year completion agreement.
