On December 21, 2022, the completion ceremony of the first phase of the Lagos Light Rail Blue Line Project in southwest Nigeria, undertaken by China Civil Engineering Corporation, was held. This is the state's first completed light rail line that will soon be put into operation.

A light rail train in Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos State Governor Babajid Sanwo-Oglu said at the completion ceremony that the Lagos Light Rail Blue Line project is a milestone in the state's transportation development history.

On December 21, in Lagos, Nigeria, invited guests tried to ride the urban light rail train

Chu Maoming, Chinese Consul General in Lagos, said in his speech that large-scale infrastructure projects can continuously inject vitality into a country's economic development. projects to promote the steady development of bilateral relations.

Zhang Zhichen, executive director of China Civil Engineering Nigeria Co., Ltd., said in an interview with reporters at the ceremony that since China Civil Engineering took root in Nigeria for 41 years, it has implemented a number of livelihood projects that are down-to-earth, unite people's hearts, and gather people's strength. The completion of the first phase of the Lagos light rail blue line project has become a new model for China-Nepal cooperation in the field of infrastructure construction. Editor/He Yuting