The China Development Bank said that it has granted a 4.76 million financing to Nigeria toward a railway project that will connect the two northern provinces of Kano and Kaduna. This comes ahead of China's top diplomat's trip to the West African nation this week.
As part of his yearly New year trip to Africa , China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to meet President Bola Tinubu and other high-ranking government officials of Nigeria on Thursday after arriving in Nigeria on Wednesday.
Funding problems have hindered the development of the 3 million Kaduna-to-Kano rail development.
The 203-kilometer (126-mile) standard-gauge railway would receive financial support for its seamless development, according to a statement posted on the China Development Bank's website.