From left: Transportation Minister, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi; Speaker House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara; President Muhammadu Buhari; President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki; Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir ElRufa; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad Mahmud and the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika during the official flag off ceremony of Abuja-Kaduna Commercial Train Operation at the Idu Train Station, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 26/07/2016 Pix. 3: Transportation Minister, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi (l) and the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir ElRufai during the official flag off ceremony of Abuja-Kaduna Commercial Train Operation at the Idu Train Station, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 26/07/2016
Finally, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, commissioned the $1.457bn Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail project initiated by the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Present at the ceremony were Senate President Bukola Saraki; Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi; Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, among many other aides of President Buhari, as well as chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
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From left: Transportation Minister, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi; Speaker House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara; President Muhammadu Buhari; President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki; Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir ElRufa; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad Mahmud and the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika during the official flag off ceremony of Abuja-Kaduna Commercial Train Operation at the Idu Train Station, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 26/07/2016
From left: Transportation Minister, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi; Speaker House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara; President Muhammadu Buhari; President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki; Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir ElRufa; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad Mahmud and the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika during the official flag off ceremony of Abuja-Kaduna Commercial Train Operation at the Idu Train Station, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 26/07/2016
Transportation Minister, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi (l) and the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir ElRufai during the official flag off ceremony of Abuja-Kaduna Commercial Train Operation at the Idu Train Station, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 26/07/2016
Cross section of traditional rulers during the official flag off ceremony of Abuja-Kaduna Commercial Train Operation at the Idu Train Station, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 26/07/2016
President Muhammadu Buhari with the flag during the official flag off ceremony of Abuja-Kaduna Commercial Train Operation at the Idu Train Station, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 26/07/2016
A driver boarding to work during the official flag off ceremony of Abuja-Kaduna Commercial Train Operation at the Idu Train Station, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 26/07/2016
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