The Minister of Transportation, Engr Mu’azu Sambo, has rated President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration the best that has invested in infrastructure development of Nigeria since independence.
Sambo spoke after inspecting the Mobolaji Johnson Mega Station of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge rail line.
The minister was accompanied on the tour of the train station by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Engr Fidet Okhiria, other management staff of the railway, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Shani, as well as managing directors of other related agencies of government in the Ministry of Transportation.
He said without sounding immodest even as a member of the administration, that he is proud to say that the Buhari administration tops all other governments in their commitment to infrastructure development.
According to him, to underscore the government’s commitment to infrastructure, the Buhari administration not only put in place the National Development Plan 2021-2025, it also has what it called the Presidential Infrastructure Development Plan, with which it is driving several priority legacy projects.
He said the government would continue to push the frontiers of development with its commitment to world-class infrastructure.
During a visit to the Idu and Lines stations along the corridor two weeks ago, the minister had said the train service will not resume until all abducted victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train are reunited with their families.
He said the Federal government is doing all in its powers to achieve this, adding that while this is going on, efforts are also in place to install on the corridor security architecture that would be in line with global standard to ensure that such attacks never resurfaces again.
Sambo added that it is only after these have been done that the government will restore services back to the Abuja-Kaduna line.
“Our intention is to ensure that forever, nothing of such ever happens again not only on Abuja-Kaduna, but on all rail networks in the country,” the minister said.
He described the Ministry of Transportation as a priority ministry that houses agencies that are critical to the success of government, adding that he is satisfied with the quality of professionals driving the ministry as it is an assurance of the success of the Buhari administration.
Sambo also assures workers of his determination to address their lingering wage issue.