President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the Abuja- Kaduna rail services. A project which could be regarded as first commissioned by this administration since inception over one year ago
Buhari, speaking at the train’s main station at Idu, Abuja, said the federal government would link all states and commercial centres in the country with rail lines.
The president later took a train ride from Idu to Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja.
Construction of the Abuja-Kaduna rail began under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The project was implemented to an advanced stage before the end of that government.
Prominent Nigerians present at the commissioning with President Buhari were; Senate President Senator Bukola Saraki, Speaker Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir David Lawal and APC Chieftain Segun Oni.
