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How “Bendel Garri” Was Transported To Ex-EFCC Boss Via Rail
“Bendel Garri” was transported from Warri in Delta State by rail to the former EFCC boss, Mrs Farida Waziri, in Abuja.
The former EFCC boss, Mrs Farida Waziri, revealed this on Sunday in Paris.
Waziri, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said President Muhammadu Buhari deserved commendation for making the freight possible by ensuring that the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge line came alive.
She said it was “cheering and surprising’’ news to her that she could get her favourite “Bendel Gari’’ all the way from Warri in Delta in Abuja through the rail.
“One of my relations came to visit me from Warri and I said how did you come with Garri and all these stuffs?
“She said she spent N3,000 to take a train from Warri to Itakpe in Kogi and then came to Abuja.
“I didn’t even know that there was such a train service.
Waziri spoke to NAN at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum attended by President Muhammadu Buhari to spotlight Nigeria’s immense trade and investment opportunities.
No fewer than 12 ministers participated in the event also attended by business moguls from Nigeria and France.
Waziri said the President Buhari’s administration had done a lot on infrastructural development which needed to be showcased more, locally and internationally.
“From what they have said here today, I know the milestones the Buhari administration has recorded in terms of infrastructural development.
“A lot has been achieved and if they speak more, Nigerians will know more and members of the international community who love Nigeria and want to invest in Nigeria will be more assertive in coming to Nigeria.
“A lot of bad news about kidnapping, banditry and insurgency is what people hear, but the narrative must change,’’ Waziri stressed.
After more than three decades delay by successive administrations, President Buhari inaugurated the 326-kilometre Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line on Sept. 29, 2020.’
The Itakpe-Warri railway is a standard gauge railway that connects the port city of Warri in Delta to the inland town of Itakpe in Kogi.
There are 12 stations and stops on the Warri-Itakpe central line, including Itakpe Station, Eganyi (where the link to Abuja will be, via Baro Port), Ajaokuta, Itogbo, Agenebode and Uromi.
Others stops are at Igueben-Ekehen, Igbanke, Agbor Station, Abraka, Okpara and Ujevwu.
