{"id":6216,"date":"2026-11-09T11:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2026-11-09T22:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T22:23:22","slug":"tinubu-accelerates-completion-of-rail-projects-in-northern-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=6216","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu accelerates completion of rail projects in Northern Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*<strong><em>The APC Presidential Campaign Council discloses the Kaduna-Kano rail, in Northern Nigeria, is set for&nbsp; inauguration December 3, 2026, while the Kano-Katsina-Maradi rail project has reached 70 percent completion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect<\/p>\n<p>The APC Presidential Campaign Council has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is fast accelerating the completion of major railway projects in Northern Nigeria, with the Kaduna\u2013Kano Standard Gauge Railway scheduled for inauguration December 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The 203-kilometre Kaduna\u2013Zaria\u2013Kano railway project, one of the administration\u2019s legacy projects, has reached approximately 90 percent completion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"d49JSBNThb\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=6187\">Nigerian consumers urge marketers to reduce fuel prices over impact on households, businesses<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cNigerian consumers urge marketers to reduce fuel prices over impact on households, businesses\u201d \u2014 Consumer Experience Is A Top Priority\" src=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=6187&amp;embed=true#?secret=qB8bms3vIY#?secret=d49JSBNThb\" data-secret=\"d49JSBNThb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 400-kilometre Kano\u2013Katsina\u2013Maradi railway project has also attained 70 percent completion.<\/p>\n<p>Dele Alake, Spokesperson of the party&#8217;s Presidential Campaign Council, who noted this in a statement Sunday, November 8, 2026, recalled when President Tinubu assumed office May 2023,<\/p>\n<p>Kano-Kastina-Maradi rail project was at barely five percent while Kaduna-Kano was less than 30 percent completion.<\/p>\n<p>The statement noted the projects demonstrate the administration\u2019s commitment to expanding Nigeria\u2019s railway infrastructure, improving regional connectivity and facilitating the movement of passengers and goods across the country and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The Kaduna\u2013Kano Railway, an extension of the existing Abuja\u2013Kaduna standard gauge line, will establish a continuous rail connection between Abuja, Kaduna, Zaria and Kano, strengthening transportation links across major commercial centres in Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Alake also stated the two rail projects were recently inspected on the directive of President Tinubu by a Federal Government team, led by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Engr. Funso Adebiyi, who expressed satisfaction with the quality of construction work, particularly the railway alignment, drainage infrastructure, embankment protection, stone pitching and soil stabilisation.<\/p>\n<p>He further explained the inspection included a train test-run journey from Jaji in Kaduna State to Kano, allowing officials to assess the completed track infrastructure and passenger comfort.<\/p>\n<p>The President has also directed that all outstanding land acquisition and compensation issues within Kaduna metropolis should be resolved immediately so that the railway corridor from Abuja to Kano will be completed.<\/p>\n<p>The completed 190-kilometre Jaji-Kano section out of the entire 205-kilometre stretch of Kaduna-Kano rail project and the 250-kilometre&nbsp; Dawanu-Kano-Kazaure-Daura-Kastina section of the Kano-Maradi project will be inaugurated by December 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>When operational, the Kaduna\u2013Kano railway will improve passenger transportation, facilitate commercial activities and provide an alternative to road travel along one of Northern Nigeria\u2019s busiest commercial corridors.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Kano\u2013Katsina\u2013Maradi railway, which has reached 70 percent completion, is expected to strengthen cross-border transportation and trade between Nigeria and the neighbouring Niger Republic.<\/p>\n<p>In line with President Tinubu&#8217;s agenda, all ongoing infrastructure projects will be delivered in every part of the country as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*The APC Presidential Campaign Council discloses the Kaduna-Kano rail, in Northern Nigeria, is set for&nbsp; inauguration December 3, 2026, while the Kano-Katsina-Maradi rail project has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"Photos: State House ","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"default","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-infoeducation","category-regulators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6216"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6279,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216\/revisions\/6279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}