Railway
The Kajola Plant Has Completed The Assembly Of The First 60 Flat Wagons
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the Kajola Wagon Assembly Plant in Ogun State with the capacity to produce 500 wagons.
On May 9th 2023, the first railway wagon assembly plant in West Africa which was implemented by China Civil Engineering in Nigeria, the Kajola Wagon Assembly Plant completed the delivery of the first batch of 60 railway flat wagons, realizing a breakthrough in the Nigerian railway wagon equipment manufacturing industry.
According to the President, the plant will not only generate the needed employment but will boost the economy by developing local capacity in assembling and manufacturing Rolling Stock.
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Represented by Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, the Minister of Transportation, the President said the project is in compliance with the Presidential Executive Order No. 5 that stipulates ‘companies’ involvement in infrastructure development within the country to ensure the transfer of technology to Nigeria.
He said it was in line with this Order that the Federal Ministry of Transportation in March 2018 signed an agreement with Messrs. China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) to facilitate the establishment of the plant with the Federal Government providing an enabling environment in terms of tax waivers, utilities such as power and water supply, access road and rail sidings among others.
The President said the plant will produce 500 wagons per year including open wagons, container flat wagons and box wagons, adding that the first set of wagons assembled in Nigeria will be rolled out for freight services.
“The advantage of setting up the plant is the potential to be provided by the ongoing rail projects in the country and sub-African Region which will generate significant demand for Nigerians Rolling Stock,” Buhari said.
He said the government is working to open the first University of Transportation in Daura, Katsina State to ensure an adequate turnout of graduates, technicians, artisans, and researchers in different areas of transportation especially railway transportation to guarantee the sustainability of the massive infrastructural provision.
