FG approved 1.1 Billion Naira Contract for the Purchase of Two Modern Locomotives

The Federal Government has approved a 1.1 billion naira contract for the purchase of two modern locomotives for the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail line now under construction.
Minister of Transport, Mr Idris Umar, said this while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Umar said the locomotives will be used for mass transit services on the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail line, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
The minister said that the Federal Government would place orders for more locomotives in 2015 as part of efforts to modernise the country’s rail transport system.