Having won the elections, it means that the same government will work hard to finish the project— Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi
The Minister was on yet another inspection tour of the work being done on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project – which as everybody now knows has missed so many deadlines promised for its launching by the Federal Government. In another example of the con games they play with Nigerians, the Vice President visited the project during the campaigns and after being driven through a hastily prepared portion of the railway line promised Nigerians that the line would be inaugurated before the elections.
If only Osinbajo, a professor of law had interrogated the minister, he would have discovered the lies told about the project. Now a new date has been fixed. Nobody should expect the Ministry to deliver on its promise. It will most probably fail again. I have my reasons.
Below are the first few paragraphs of an article published in April 2017…
