The proposed ECOWAS railway system is expected to commence soon after years of neglect to connect Nigeria to Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d' Ivoire. Transport ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are awaiting the technical details of the proposed single railway line, expected to be 1,178 kilometres long, to connect the sub-region.

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