Chinese Contractor Pledges to Complete Nigerian Capital’s Light Rail in Eight Months

Jason Cheng (center), chairman of the Chinese contractor CCECC, assured Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima that the Abuja light rail will only take eight months to build. Image via @officialSKSM.

The local head of Chinese construction major CCECC, Jason Zheng, pledged that it would only take eight months to build the once-abandoned light rail in the Nigerian capital Abuja.

Zheng made the promise during a meeting last week with Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima, where the two discussed the $824 million project that is mostly financed by the China Exim Bank. Construction stalled in 2020 due to the pandemic. (PUNCH)

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