ABUJA—The Trade Union Congress, TUC, Thursday, took a swipe at the Federal Government over the recent approval of $1.96 billion for the construction of a rail line from Kano-Katsina-Jibia to Maradi in Niger Republic.

TUC, in a statement by its President, Comrade Quadri Olaleye, and the Secretary-General, Comrade Musa-Lawal Ozigi, in Abuja, said construction of a rail line to Niger Republic was an insult to Nigerians and a waste of scarce resources.

The statement read: “The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has described the Federal Government’s approval for the construction of a rail line linking Nigeria to Niger Republic as an insult and waste of our scarce resources. “By this latest move, it has indeed become obvious to the world that the managers of our country have ulterior and sinister motives: to ruin this country.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/09/construction-of-rail-from-nigeria-to-niger-republic-an-insult-labour/.

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