FG targets N7.01b from train passengers by 2025 

THE Federal Government targets revenue of N7.01bn from train passengers by 2025, the PUNCH has said.

This was according to the Nigeria Agenda 2050 document recently launched by President Buhari.

At the launch, Buhari said that the implementation of the document would “ensure that Nigeria attains a per capita GDP of $33,328 per annum to place her among the top middle-income economies globally by 2050.”

Buhari said the plan would also increase real GDP growth by seven per cent, create 165 million new jobs and reduce the number of Nigerians living in poverty to 2.1 million in 2050 from the 83 million estimated in 2020.

The document further showed that the Federal Government targets up to N30bn by 2050 from train passengers.