
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Kayode Opeifa, has said that the Kano-Maradi Railway project is key to improving food security in Nigeria.
Opeifa, who stated this as a guest on a cable television current affairs program, said the rail connection between Niger and the Niger Republic was important because mobility could not be removed from the food supply chain as it was at the center of food security.
Opeifa, however, said that the government was committed to making sure major cities are connected through a new infrastructure map of rail.
He said there were plans by the Federal Government to introduce new rail lines across cities.
However, he said that the rail system, having been moved to the concurrent list, has created opportunities for states to get grants to develop their rail lines.
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