The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, inaugurated the first cargo movement from the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor during his first official tour of the rail line on Tuesday.
The minister began his trip at the Ebute-Meta station before traveling to Apapa for the launch and then to Ibadan over the 157-kilometer rail track.
Visitodell learnt that three coaches of 30 wagons were loaded as the maiden freight movement began.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) stated that it would begin with three coaches every day, but that the corporation had the capacity to increase the number.
This effort is expected to relieve congestion at the Apapa port, which handled 92.28 percent of Nigeria’s total exports and 60.77 percent of imports in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1’22).
