The Federal Government has secured financing for the entire Aba to Maiduguri corridor, spanning Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi, Plateau, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Benue, of the 1,443-kilometre Port Harcourt Eastern Narrow Gauge Railway Project.

The Minister of Transport, Senator Saidu Alkali, stated at the ongoing government-citizen engagement forum in Kaduna yesterday.

In a statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Rabiu Ibrahim, the minister also disclosed that the government has rehabilitated the old Lagos-Kano Narrow Gauge and freight services, linking Apapa to the Kano Inland Dry Port.