Western Africa
Nigeria's Federal Government Signs US$1.96b Kano-Maradi Rail Contract
The Federal Government signed an agreement with Portuguese contractor Mota-Engil Group for construction of the US$1.96 billion Kano-Maradi Standard Gauge Railway line.
The 284-kilometer railway connects Kano in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic. It is part of a plan to boost the country’s economic growth and aid reconstruction in the northern regions. This is important because these regions have suffered at the hands of terrorist group Boko Haram over the past decade.
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