ABUJA LIGHT RAIL TO BE INAUGURATED BY DECEMBER 2017- FCT MINISTER

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Muhammad Bello, has disclosed that the Abuja Light Rail project will be inaugurated in December 2017.
The Abuja light rail project is expected to link the Abuja-Kaduna rail line and is intended to link Abuja satellite towns such as Nyanya, Kubwa, Mararaba and Lugbe.
Speaking during the inauguration of the Abuja–Kaduna modernisation rail project at Idu, Abuja yesterday, Bello said that the Abuja Light Rail project would make transportation easy for residents of the capital city.

According to the minister, the Abuja rail line, which is 77 per cent complete, will ease the transportation needs of FCT residents.
Bello said, “We are particularly happy in the FCT for the completion of the Abuja-Kaduna rail project because this project is expected to link the ongoing Abuja Light Rail project.
“The aim is to provide alternative means of transportation for the teeming population in Abuja city as well as the area councils.
“It is my pleasure to mention that the Abuja Light Rail project, which has been conceived in six lots, and currently under phase one, is 77 per cent completed and we hope to be here in December 2017 to launch the entire project.”