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Nigeria's Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for lacking vision in the rehabilitation of the Nigerian railways.
The Jonathan administration had embarked on the rehabilitation of the railway system with a view of overhauling the sector which had decayed for years and abandoned by previous governments.
According to Obasanjo the railway lines were obsolete as they were constructed in 1903 and could not match the modern global trends.
“For what reason should anybody in his right senses in Nigeria of today believe that rehabilitating the railway system which was completed in 1903 to carry three million tonnes of goods is what we need today,” he said.
Obasanjo noted that the system was divided into Eastern and Western sections, and lamented that the latter caused a whooping $8.3 billion Dollars
He said there was no earthly reason why the rehabilitated railway system of Nigeria today could serve Nigerians.
"If Nigeria would achieve the vision 20-20-20, we would need a first class land, water and air transportation, and good land transportation can only be railway and roads.
The Sun News
The Jonathan administration had embarked on the rehabilitation of the railway system with a view of overhauling the sector which had decayed for years and abandoned by previous governments.
According to Obasanjo the railway lines were obsolete as they were constructed in 1903 and could not match the modern global trends.
“For what reason should anybody in his right senses in Nigeria of today believe that rehabilitating the railway system which was completed in 1903 to carry three million tonnes of goods is what we need today,” he said.
Obasanjo noted that the system was divided into Eastern and Western sections, and lamented that the latter caused a whooping $8.3 billion Dollars
He said there was no earthly reason why the rehabilitated railway system of Nigeria today could serve Nigerians.
"If Nigeria would achieve the vision 20-20-20, we would need a first class land, water and air transportation, and good land transportation can only be railway and roads.
The Sun News
