Plateau, Niger, Borno, and Osun states are among state governments that are geared to invest more and become major players in the railway sub-sector of transportation in Nigeria.

They will be joining Lagos State, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, already operating and managing mass transit train services.

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this at the Lagos State University (LASU), where he spoke as a guest lecturer at the endowment of a professorial chair on Transport and Logistics at the university.

Okhiria also acknowledged that Lagos will soon commence operation on the Lagos Red Line, as the Corporation, which was saddled with regulating railway safety standards, has commenced inspection and certification of various equipment to be deployed on the corridor.

Recall that Nigeria’s President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had on February 29, 2024, commissioned the Red Line.