By Folarin Kehinde, Abuja
The Nigerian Railway Company (NRC) has unveiled plans to transition the nation’s rail community to full electrical traction throughout the subsequent 5 years, a milestone goal below its Imaginative and prescient 2-5-10-20 growth framework.
Managing Director and Chief Government Officer of the NRC, Dr. Kayode Opeifa, disclosed this on Wednesday on the Seventh Nationwide Transport Convention of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIOTA) in Abuja.
Based on a press release by the NRC’s Chief Public Relations Officer, Callistus Unyimadu, Dr. Opeifa mentioned the roadmap is central to the modernization of Nigeria’s rail system.
He defined that one of many key priorities is attaining full electrical traction inside 5 years — a shift anticipated to spice up effectivity, cut back working prices, and considerably decrease the environmental footprint of rail transportation.
“The NRC plans to optimize nationwide rail belongings throughout the first two years, transition to electrical traction by the fifth yr, double nationwide rail capability inside ten years, and obtain not lower than 60,000 kilometers of rail community nationwide inside 20 years,” Dr. Opeifa said.
He famous that states alongside nationwide rail corridors — together with Lagos, Plateau, Ogun, Oyo, Edo, Delta, Kogi, Kaduna, Kano, and Niger — can make the most of current rail infrastructure at no further value. This follows latest legislative amendments inserting railway growth on the concurrent legislative record, enabling states to take part extra actively in rail enlargement.
Dr. Opeifa additionally highlighted the continued enlargement of freight-by-rail companies, revealing that the NRC is presently transporting elevated volumes of containerized cargo, gypsum, soda ash, cement, steel coils, and supplies for the AKK Pipeline Challenge.
“This roadmap ensures that states can absolutely entry and make the most of nationwide rail belongings. Lagos and Plateau are already making full use of this coverage, and we encourage different states to key into the initiative,” he added.
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