The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it was determined to transform Nigeria through the implementation of people-oriented projects.
Vice President Namadi Sambo who made this remark while flagging off the Enugu-Port Harcourt-Enugu intercity train service at the railway terminus in Port Harcourt, said the President Goodluck Jonathan administration had given priority to infrastructural development.
Sambo explained that the current administration had kept faith with Nigerians through the fulfillment of its electoral promises.
He described the rail rehabilitation project as a demonstration of President Jonathan’s transformation agenda.
Sambo pointed out that President Jonathan was interested in providing qualitative and transformational change and added that the rehabilitation of railway transport remained a landmark achievement of the current administration.
Describing the railway interchange project as significant in service delivery, the Vice President stated that the new development in the rail sub-sector would reduce the transport challenges faced by Nigerians.
“Our administration has given top priority to infrastructural development, one of which is the railway sector as the component of transformation agenda of President Jonathan.
“The Federal Government initiated and articulated the strategic plans for the railway development in Nigeria, which has suffered neglect in the past 30 years.
“We are determined to transform Nigeria to a very viable height. We have kept faith with the Nigerian people in keeping all our electoral promises. We are gradually implementing our projects that will transform the lives of Nigeria people.
“With the continued support of Nigerians, we shall see all those projects through. This flag-off of Enugu-Port Harcourt-Enugu Intercity
Train service is a concrete evidence that the Federal Government is very much concerned about its citizens.
“I am glad that this will extend to other parts of the country by January. The ongoing modernization of the rail system is progressing steadily,” Sambo said.
Also, the Chairman of Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, General Martin Luther Agwai (rtd), said that over N82 billion was spent to revive the rail sub-sector.
According to Agwai, Enugu-Port Harcourt-Enugu intercity train service has gulped N34.6 billion.
Earlier, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Adeseyi Sijuwade, stated that the Eastern line rehabilitation was challenging as a result of the extent of its dilapidation.
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