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Rail related debt servicing gulps $62m

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The Matters Press by The Matters Press
July 1, 2023
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) has released a report indicating that the Federal Government spent $62.66 million to service railway-related debts in the first quarter of 2023.

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Between January and March 2023, The Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project (Idu-Kaduna Section) took $23.1 million.

The Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan Section) gulped $15.49 million.

Nigeria Abuja Light Rail Project gulping $24.07m.

The total amount spent in Q1 2023 is a slight increase from the $61.73m spent in Q1 2022.

The rising railway debt servicing costs occurred as the government struggled to generate revenue from the railway sector.

DMO worries over low revenue as Nigeria’s debt nears N81tn

The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed that rail transportation passengers declined by 53.65 per cent from 953,099 in the first quarter of 2022 to 441,725 in the first quarter of 2023.

The statistics body noted that a total of 59,966 tonnes of goods were transported in the first quarter of 2023, compared to 39,379 tonnes reported in the same quarter of 2022.

In terms of revenue generation, N768.44 million was received from passengers over the period, a decrease of 63.02 per cent relative to N2.08 billion in the same quarter of the previous year.

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