Following the federal government's approval of $1,959,744,723.71 contract for a rail line that would link Nigeria to Niger Republic, Nigerians have reacted insisting that it is a misplacement of priority in a country facing intractable problems of insecurity and harsh economic conditions arising from hikes in fuel price and electricity tariff.

Rotimi Amaechi in  a federal executive council meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, and Minister of Transportation, told State House correspondents that the money approved for the development of the proposed rail line linking Kano-Dutse-Katsina-Jibia and to Maradi in Niger Republic was inclusive of Value Added Tax.

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