“The revival, resuscitation, development and modernization of 21st century rail system is a sine qua non to the liberation of the country from the shackles of primitive and outdated rail system we presently operate. Until very recently when some works were carried out on the almost abandoned Nigerian rail lines, most Nigerians no longer remembered that railway even existed in the country! Such was the extent of the neglect the rail system suffered in our dear country”.
By Afe Babalola
IN the 80s Nigeria, owing to certain global events, experienced a huge spike in revenue from Oil exports. However as subsequent events have shown, what was regarded as an “Oil boom” has become an “Oil doom”. This as so as all tiers of government developed a total dependency on oil revenue accruing to the Federation as the only source of funding.
Overtime, with the fall in the…
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