Nigeria’s First Standard Gauge Train to Be Inaugurated Today

President Muhammadu Buhari will be in Itapke-Warri today, September 29, 2020 to inaugurate Nigeria’s first standard gauge train, the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line.

Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation disclosed this on Sunday.

Okhiria explained that President Buhari will conduct the inauguration virtually and not be physically present at the event.

He, however, said Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, would lead other members of the Federal Executive Council as well as other government functionaries to the event.