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FCT to resume Abuja light rail before end of Buhari’s Tenure – FCT Minister hints

By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

The Minister of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has given assurance that the Abuja Light Rail Service would resume before the end of his administration in May, 2023.

The Minister gave the assurance when he featured the 20th Edition of the President Buhari’s administration Scorecard Series, organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, in Abuja Nigeria’s capital.

He said that an important milestone achievement of President Buhari’s administration is the infrastural development is the Abuja Light Rail.

The Minister explained that the Abuja Light Rail is presently not working because of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

When we can in 2015, about 52 per cent of the projects were done and we pushed it to 100 per cent.

” We had to stop the operation because a the light train system basically is a mass movement, so if you don’t have much sitting capacity many people will stand up and when you stand up you face each other.”

” So, it was obviously very difficult to maintain social distance but we are done with that all the carriages are here and by the grace of God before we leave it will resume.”

According to the Minister, about 12 stations have been completed and about five are under construction, adding that that is part the development structures in the satellite towns aimed at encouraging residents to live in the suburbs.

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