This is the Zaria section of Kano- Kaduna rail that has stalled due to paucity of funds. One of the MOUs signed by president Tinubu when he visited China in September 2024 was to get more loans that would complete the project.
With all our oil earnings we don't have the money to finance 250km railway. That is not enough,we don't have the technology to build railway. I am not talking of electric bullet train,just the basic rail technology that has been around since 1804.
South Africa through Transnet has built its rail system and is a manufacturer of trains.
Egypt National Railways and Cairo Electric trains had built most of the rail system in Egypt and the country had bullet trains and 46 other train system moving 1.2m people daily. Nigeria with Kaduna-Abuja and Lagos - Ibadan trains moves about 10,000 people daily.
Egypt is a non OPEC member with 12 working refineries. It is not the biggest oil producer in Africa. South Africa has no oil but it has 6 working refineries.
We are a nation without shame. And we pride ourselves as the giant of Africa. Some people still think we are ahead of South Africa and Egypt. But the two countries manufacture planes and helicopters. We are not talking of cars. Nigeria does not produce bicycles or syringes.
This is the Zaria section of Kano- Kaduna rail that has stalled due to paucity of funds. One of the MOUs signed by president Tinubu when he visited China in September 2024 was to get more loans that would complete the project.
With all our oil earnings we don't have the money to finance 250km railway. That is not enough,we don't have the technology to build railway. I am not talking of electric bullet train,just the basic rail technology that has been around since 1804.
South Africa through Transnet has built its rail system and is a manufacturer of trains.
Egypt National Railways and Cairo Electric trains had built most of the rail system in Egypt and the country had bullet trains and 46 other train system moving 1.2m people daily. Nigeria with Kaduna-Abuja and Lagos - Ibadan trains moves about 10,000 people daily.
Egypt is a non OPEC member with 12 working refineries. It is not the biggest oil producer in Africa. South Africa has no oil but it has 6 working refineries.
We are a nation without shame. And we pride ourselves as the giant of Africa. Some people still think we are ahead of South Africa and Egypt. But the two countries manufacture planes and helicopters. We are not talking of cars. Nigeria does not produce bicycles or syringes.
