by James Sambo
While speaking at the last service of the year at the Christ Apostolic Church, Area I, Durumi, Abuja on Sunday, President Goodluck Jonathan assured Nigerians of the speedy work on improving the railway transport system.
He further told a childhood story of how he never saw trains except in cartoons.
“Only a few days back, the Vice President was in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to flag off the Eastern railway. The Western one moving from Lagos to Kano has been running. We will start using the modern one from Kaduna to Abuja by the first quarter of next year and the one from Port Harcourt.
“When we were small, there were railways. But I believe most of our children of about 30 years only see railway as cartoons on the television but now, they are seeing it.
“We relied on agriculture before the oil boom or doom and all that died. We are reviving it and the whole world has appreciated that we are moving forward in agriculture.
“When something is started, people do not see the benefits immediately. We know that as a nation, we have a lot of challenges in terms of getting jobs for our young ones and we have set up a lot of programmes that can bring job opportunities for our young men.
“The result may not be obvious immediately but God willing, job opportunities will continue to increase and many more young people will be engaged.”
He further described 2015 as a tempting year for the country, saying elections year in third world countries is always a turbulent year with all kinds of predictions.
