Light rail is a transit system designed for shorter, more frequent trips within a city or state, carrying a lighter passenger load compared to heavier rail systems like commuter or intercity trains.
In the final approved budget, lawmakers allocated N150 billion for Kano, N100 billion for Ogun, N100 billion for Kaduna, and N50 billion for Lagos to fund the rail projects.
While it’s not clear if the money budgeted is a loan or a grant, but it is different from the the plan to transfer N146.14 billion to Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) as counterpart funding for the Lagos Green Line Metro Rail Phase 1 contained in the initial budget.
This brings the provision for rail projects in Lagos state alone to N196.14 billion in the 2025 budget.
The Federal Government had allocated N146.14 billion as counterpart funding for the Lagos Green Line Metro Rail Project, a 68km rail network that will stretch from the Lekki Free Zone to the Marina, connecting key areas of Lagos, including Victoria Island (VI), Lekki, and Ajah.
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