President Muhammadu Buhari will Thursday inaugurate the 157 kilometres Lagos- Ibadan rail line.
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who is already in Lagos for the event, on Wednesday, undertook a last minute inspection tour of the terminals and sub-stations along the route.
Amaechi, accompanied by key officials of the Ministry including Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation; Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation among others kick-started the inspection at the Ebute-Metta-Apapa main complex where work has been completed before heading for the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Complex.
At the Apapa port, event planners could be seen putting make-shift structures in place ahead of the commissioning as the Minister expressed satisfaction with the level of work done.
Residents of adjourning communities trooped out en-masse as they waved to Amaechi who undertook a train ride across all the stations, inspecting terminals, underpasses and overpasses.
Built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC at a cost of $1.7 billion, the double-track standard gauge has 10 sub-stations between Lagos and Ibadan, with modern coaches already procured by the federal government, passengers can now afford to breathe a sigh of relief as they need only two hours to transit from Lagos to Ibadan.
