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BREAKING: FG Inaugurates Freight Services on Apapa-Ibadan Cargo Rail

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The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated freight services on the Apapa-Ibadan cargo rail in Lagos.

CITYNEWS NIGERIA reports that the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, inaugurated the first cargo movement from the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor during his first official tour of the rail corridor.

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The minister kicked off the tour at the Ebute Meta station before proceeding to Apapa for the launch, then travelled to Ibadan using the 157 km rail corridor.

Three coaches of 30 wagons were loaded as the inaugural freight movement was kicked off.

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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said it would start with three coaches per day with its Managing Director (MD) noting that the corporation had the capacity to scale up the numbers.

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