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I am extremely pleased and honored to be here this morning for the ground breaking ceremony of the Lagos-Ibadan section of the Lagos -Kano standard gauge railway project.
This is an epochal moment in our national life in many ways.
First, it signals the determination of our President & Commander-in- Chief, President Muhammadu buhari to modernize the national rail system in keeping with his promise to the Nigerian people. If there is a project close to the heart of the president, it is the rail project which he promised the nation upon assumption of office. The President himself made a visit to China, and reopened the negotiations on the Chinese support for this project.
