The Ministry of Transportation has proposed the total sum of N205,161,882,492 as budget for the year 2021.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure at the presentation of the ministry's 2021 appropriation before the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Land and Marine Transport.
According to...
The managements of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and Maritime Academy of Nigeria(MAN), Tuesday, appeared before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, to present their records of performance in the 2020 budget.
The meeting also afforded the Maritime agencies the opportunity to defend their 2021 budget proposals.
The Managing Director of...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said infrastructure and economic development is key to reducing crime and aiding better functionality of security agencies in Nigeria.
Amaechi stated this on Friday when he delivered a lecture to participants of National Defence College Course 29 in Abuja.
Referencing his time as Governor of...
In a bid to forestall accident along the Lagos - Ibadan rail corridor, the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stressed the need for the contractors and communities to meet and decide the safety of the people by constructing under and over passes.
The minister, while speaking during a routine...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said he had no knowledge that the ministry approves waivers to foreign vessels operators.
Amaechi made the claim when he appeared before the Senate Joint Committee on Local Content, Downstream Petroleum and Legislative Compliance, Thursday.
The committee is investigating the alleged breach of Nigerian...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the decision by the federal government to construct rail line from Kano to Maradi, a town in Niger Republic, was purely economical.
Specifically, the minister said the investment had no political undertone and, therefore, enjoined the public to resist the temptation...
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the 326 KM Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation, as well as the ancillary facilities yard, at the recently-named Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex in Agbor (Owa-Oyibu), Delta State.
The president while commissioning the rail line linking Itakpe to Warri on Tuesday, directed the Federal Ministry...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has urged regulatory agencies to ensure reduction in the cost of doing business in the country.
Specifically, the minister said the relevant agencies must take urgent steps to check exploitation of operators at seaports.
The Minister made the call at the 2020 World Maritime Day...
The Federal Government has announced plans to commence construction of the Eastern rail line connecting Port Harcourt – Bonny to Maiduguri.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi made the disclosure in Ibadan, shortly after inspecting the level of work on all the Stations across the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor.
According to the minister,...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that Nigeria would proceed with the Regional Maritime Development Bank Project, once two-thirds of member-states comprising West and Central Africa, accepted the decision reached by the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa(MOWCA).
Amaechi disclosed this while declaring open the meeting of...
