2025 Funds: FG allocates N146.14 billion counterpart funding for 68km Lagos rail challenge connecting VI, Lekki, Ajah 

The Federal Authorities has allotted N146.14 billion as counterpart funding for the Lagos Inexperienced Line Metro Rail Challenge, a 68km rail community that can stretch from the Lekki Free Zone to the Marina, connecting key areas of Lagos, together with Victoria Island (VI), Lekki, and Ajah.

This funding can be transferred to the Ministry of Finance Integrated (MOFI), which can deal with the counterpart funding on behalf of the Ministry of Transport for the event of the challenge.

This allocation is a part of the proposed N49.74 trillion funds for the 2025 fiscal 12 months and falls beneath the Ministry of Transport’s whole allocation of N256.73 billion to assist its initiatives.

This info was obtained from the 2025 copy of the Federal Authorities’s Last Funds Proposal, which outlines plans for in depth infrastructure improvement.

Nairametrics reported in September 2024 that the Lagos State Authorities formalized an settlement with the Ministry of Finance Integrated (MOFI) and China Harbour Engineering Firm (CHEC) for the event of the Inexperienced Line.

Below this settlement, MOFI and CHEC can be liable for overseeing the design, financing, and operation of the challenge, marking a major step ahead in reworking Lagos’ public transportation system.

What it’s best to know 

The 68km Inexperienced Line, meant to run from the Lekki Free Commerce Zone to Marina, is a central part of the Lagos Strategic Transport Grasp Plan, which goals to determine a complete metro rail system with six Gentle Rail Transit (LRT) traces.

• The Blue Line, a 27km rail line, kinds a part of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) system. Its first section, overlaying 13km from Lagos Marina to Mile 2, was accomplished in 2023 and started business operations in September, transporting round 2 million passengers since its launch.
• The Crimson Line, a 37km rail challenge, connects Agbado in Ogun State to Oyingbo in Lagos. The primary section, spanning 27km, options eight strategically situated stations: Agbado, Iju, Agege, Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, Yaba, and Oyingbo. As soon as totally operational, the Crimson Line is projected to run 20 journeys every day, carrying roughly 500,000 passengers.

Different proposed traces embody the 85.7km Purple Line (connecting Redemption Camp to Ojo), the 48km Orange Line (from Ikeja CBD to Agbowa), and the Yellow Line.

These traces are all a part of town’s formidable plan to deal with its transportation challenges. Collectively, these rail traces are designed to supply fashionable, sustainable, and environment friendly transit options, offering a dependable various to Lagos’ typically congested street networks.