Source: Nigeria First (Abuja)

November 1, 2006

Abuja - The Federal Government and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) on October 30 in Abuja signed an $8.3billion contract for the construction of a standard gauge railway line covering 1,315km from Lagos to Kano.

Government explained that the contract covered only the first phase of a 20-year strategic plan for the modernisation of the transport sector in which a total of 8,000km of standard rail line would be constructed.

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Posted by pichu at November 1, 2006 5:57 PM