Why the Federal Government Is Constructing a Rail Line to Niger Republic

Kayode Opeifa, the managing director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, has provided additional context for the federal government’s desire to see the Kano-Maradi Railway project completed.
He claims that in an attempt to guarantee food security in the nation, the administration is establishing ties between Nigeria and the Niger Republic.
During an interview on Channels Television on Saturday, Opeifa stated that the Kano-Maradi railway line is a connection that will ensure Nigeria’s food supply chain.
He claimed that Maradi is linked to the food security of Nigeria and West Africa in terms of cattle and cereal, and that it will be simpler to go to other regions of Nigeria if the link to Kano is established.

In accordance with AU 2063, African nations are urged to establish connections with landlocked nations due to their potential. By the way, according to the information I’ve read, Maradi is linked to the cattle and crop security of Nigeria and West Africa. You can see how Kano and Maradi are related.

In addition, food security will not exist if mobility is eliminated from the equation. Nigerian managers of our food security should realize that removing mobility from logistics and supply chains is really a joke.

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“The Kano-Maradi, which will now be Kano to Kaduna, Kaduna to Abuja, and Abuja to Lagos, will represent mobility, which is at the heart of food security,” the NRC chief stated.

He claimed that most people are merely wary of the name of Maradi, which is in another nation, and do not comprehend the necessity of resolving the mobility issue in food security.

“Now, the government is also actively pursuing,” he stated. Many people only hear the term Maradi and don’t know what the Kano-Maradi actually is.

Speaking further, it was claimed that Opeifa reaffirmed the government’s commitment to establishing new train lines throughout cities in order to ensure that important cities are connected via a new rail infrastructure map.

He went on to say that because the rail system was added to the concurrent list, states now have more options to get funding for the development of their rail lines.