“We should continue from where the last Chairman stopped. With him and the MD, NRC, we were able to effectively tackle critical problems such as the pipe borne water, gas, as well as sewage lines that were obstructing construction works on the Lagos axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway project. Please, don’t slow us down”, he warned. The Minister noted that as construction works continued on the rail line, the track-laying would be completed by end of May, 2019 and by the end of December 2019, appreciable progress of work would have been achieved up to Apapa Seaports.
He pointed out that the congestion being currently experienced at the Apapa Ports are ‘man made’ and assured Nigerians that as soon as the Lagos-Ibadan rail extension to Apapa Ports was achieved, all the cargoes coming through the Apapa ports into the country would be transported via the rail line and this would automatically end the perennial gridlock at Apapa Ports. Amaechi told the Board members that they have the responsibility to set out economic, financial, operational and administrative policies to enable the Corporation realise its statutory mandate. He said: “As Governing Board members, you are responsible for setting out the parastatal’s economic, financial, operational administrative policies in accordance with government policy directives aimed at assisting the Corporation to achieve its mandate.
