Contractors handling the Lagos-Ibadan rail line project, mersers China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation need to speed up work on the project.

According to Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, who inspected the project in Lagos, the company had given a commitment towards finishing it by April ending.

In his words, most of the things remaining are minor and it cannot delay the movement of goods, they have promised to finish by the end of the month.

He said though the company had shown commitment to the project, much still needed to be done to achieve the target date of completion.

Amaechi says when they start the Ibadan-Kano rail, it will be a different ball game and they will ensure they keep to plan.

According to him, for Ibadan to Kano, everybody must go according to work plan both in terms of payment, construction, inspection and everything.

The minister said the current pace of work may delay inauguration of the project which was slated for April.

“If you look at the level of work we cannot ask the president to commission this, but ones we give CCECC definite time I know they will speed up.

“There are some minor things they still need to put in place but its taking them time to do that. Some of those things should not take more than a day or two to put in place; so am not so worried.

On the Ibadan – Kano project, the minister explained that it was dependent on disbursement of loan by the China EximBank.