Buhari eager to reflate economy – Amaechi

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Buhari eager to reflate economy – Amaechi

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is eager to end the ongoing economic crisis in the nation.

According to him, Buhari was working hard to deliver to the people the gains of his administration.

Amaechi stated this in a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations Department of the Ministry, Mrs Yetunde Sonaike, on Friday in Abuja.

According to him, one of the core mandates of the Buhari-led government was to fulfill the needs and aspirations of Nigerians, adding that government would ensure it achieve its promises.

He said ?that the ministry was able to complete the Abuja–Kaduna Railway modernisation project and provided safety measures at the nation’s airports through rehabilitation of the existing infrastructure within the airports.

Amaechi said the focus of the government was the rehabilitation of the old railway lines of Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri and also ensuring that the construction works on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Rail line was completed within the specified time.

“The construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan segment of the Coastal Rail line will commence in January 2017’’, the News Agency of Nigeria quoted Amaechi as saying.

On the issue of the National Fleet for the maritime sector, the minister said that government had gone far in getting interested investors to come in.