Chinese Contractor Completes Construction of New Nigerian Transportation University

Liu Weimin, chairm of the Chinese contractor CCECC that built a new transportation university in northern Nigeria speaking at the handover ceremony in Abuja on May 17, 2024. Image via Xinhua.

The Chinese contractor that built a new $50 million transportation university in northern Nigeria formally handed over the facility on Friday to the Federal government at a ceremony in the capital, Abuja.

The new university was built as part of a corporate social responsibility initiative to help train local engineers and technicians to operate several of the new Chinese-built railways and light rail systems that have been completed in recent years. (THE GUARDIAN)

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