The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali has inaugurated the first cargo movement from the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor during his first official tour of the rail corridor.
The minister kicked off the tour at the Ebute Meta station before proceeding to Apapa for the launch, then travelled to Ibadan, using the one hundred and fifty-seven kilometer rail corridor.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria said it would start with three coaches per day, while the corporation had the capacity to scale up the numbers.
