
FG Threatens Serious Sanctions On CCECC Over Rail Project
The Federal Government of Nigeria has threatened to impose serious sanctions on a Chinese construction firm, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, over its alleged failure to meet up with the contract of providing 85 percent of rail project cost.
The Minister of Transportation, Muβazu Sambo, made this known on Saturday in Lagos during the inspection of the Lekki Deep Seaport.
According to Sambo, the projects are the Kano-Kaduna and the Maiduguri-Port Harcourt rail lines.
The minister said he gave the construction firm till October 30th to comply.
βThe CCECC has not brought anything to the table, I gave them a …