Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says the contractor in charge of the construction of the Kano-Maradi rail line will build a university in his Rivers home state.
Amaechi said the company would build the university as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to Nigeria.
“We already have a Transportation University being built in Daura. So, we have decided that the Portugese Company in charge of Kano-Maradi rail line, Mota Engil will build a Multi-disciplinary University in Rivers State as a major component of their Corporate Social Responsibility,” the minister tweeted on Monday.
The minister had also on Sunday said the construction of the $1.959bn Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail project would commence on Tuesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to inaugurate the project virtually from Aso Villa in Abuja.
The $1.96bn Kano-Maradi rail line connects Nigeria and Niger Republic and the Federal Government had said it would source the fund from European countries.
Amaechi had also said the 248-kilometre line is expected to aid the transportation of crude oil, which the government had announced that it would commence importation from the West African country.
Peoples Democratic Party and many Civil Society Organisations have described the project as a misplacement of priority.