Kwanan nan, shirin aikin shimfida layin dogo na Najeriya Kano-Maradi ya shiga mataki na karshe na mika mulki da rufewa, inda ake sa ran kammala shi a cikin wannan wata.Babban layin dogo na arewa na Kano zuwa Maradi ya hada Kano a Najeriya da Maradi a kudancin Nijar, wanda tsawonsa ya kai kusan kilomita 285. Sashen da Zhongcheng ya gudanar yana da tsawon kilomita 22, tare da aikin kasa a matsayin babban aikin gini, bayan kammala aikin, zai rage matsin lamba ga Nijar mara tudu a fannin sufurin makamashi, ma'adanai da kayayyakin yau da kullum. Har ila yau, tana da muhimmiyar ma'ana don haɓaka kasuwancin yanki da bunƙasa yankin ciniki cikin 'yanci na Nahiyar Afirka.