FG receives 72 Nigerian railway engineers trained in China Nigerian railway engineers

The Federal Government has welcomed 72 Nigerian graduates trained by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company.

The graduates’ studies in Railway Engineering and other transportation-related courses were funded by CCECC as part of their corporate social responsibility.

The Director, Press and Public Relations, Transport Ministry, Olujimi Oyetomi, announced this in a statement on Saturday.

During the event, the Transportation Minister, Senator Said Alkali, emphasised the importance of the National Local Content Policy for Railway, which was created in 2018, and the government’s commitment to Indigenous involvement in the railway sector.

As per the Minister, this is due to the government’s recognition of the significant contributions made by the rail transport sub-sector in the nation. Consequently, the government introduced the “Advocacy for Enhanced Local Content in Nigeria’s Infrastructure Development based on Nigerian – Chinese Bi-lateral Agreements” and instructed the Federal Ministry of Transportation to consider multiple measures to guarantee the policy’s effective implementation.

“The outcome of today’s occasion depicts one of the success stories of the Ministry of Transportation’s initiative, as CCECC has accepted to train Nigerians in China as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility,” the statement read in part.