In yet another example of Chinese influence on Nigerian transportation construction, two subsidiaries of China Railway Construction Corp. (CRCC) have won a provisional $1.8-billion engineering, procurement and construction contract for a four-line, 74.3-kilometer light-rail project in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano.
In an Aug. 30 statement, CRCC says China Railway 18th Bureau Group Co. Ltd. and China Railway Construction Electrification Bureau Group Co. Ltd. now await official approval from President Muhammadu Buhari and fulfillment of conditions set out in the financing bank's letter of intent. The bank has not been named, but, to date, all Nigeria’s railway projects have been financed by Exim Bank of China.