The Minister of Transportation Saidu Alkali, on Tuesday, unveiled the first cargo movement on the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor.
Alkali led the launching during his inaugural official tour of the rail corridor.
The tour commenced at the Ebute Meta station, followed by the official launch ceremony at Apapa.
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Subsequently, Alkali travelled to Ibadan via the 157 km rail corridor.
The inaugural freight movement saw three coaches loaded onto 30 wagons, signifying the commencement of cargo transportation on the corridor.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said it would start with three coaches per day with its Managing Director (MD) noting that the corporation had the capacity to scale up the numbers.
This effort is expected to decongest the Apapa port as shippers moved 92.28 percent of Nigeria’s total exports and 60.77 percent of imports through the facility in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1’22).
