Nigeria: Minister denies diverting $3bn railway project to his state — Africa Links 24

The Federal Ministry of Transportation, FMT, has described as false a report claiming that Said Alkali, the minister of Transport, diverted three billion dollars railway project from South-East to his home state, Gombe for political gain.

The ministry urged Nigerians to disregard the publication, describing it as false, malicious and misleading to the public, and should be discarded.

This is contained in a statement issued by the management of the ministry and signed by Janet…