The Minister of Transport, Alhaji Idris Umar said on Saturday that construction of new railway lines across the country would be executed through Public-Private Partnership(PPP).
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Addressing newsmen in Gombe, the minister said the involvement of the private sector was informed by the capital intensive nature of the projects.
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He said that by October, the feasibility studies would have been completed to develop the corridors.
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Umar named the new corridors as East West line; the Coastal line; the Central corridor and other branch and spur lines.
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"Nigeria has to be in tune with other countries of the world that have allowed the private sector to strive and play a key role, with the country providing the enabling environment which we have done", he said.
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The minister explained that the Federal Government embarked on the rehabilitation of moribund system of the railways to resuscitate the rail transportation.