ʻO ka mea i hala koke aku nei, ua komo ka pūʻulu hana honua o ka Nigeria Kano-Maradi Railway i ka pae hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ka pani ʻana, me ka hoʻopau piha i manaʻo ʻia i loko o kēia mahina.

ʻO ka laina nui ʻākau o Kano-Maradi Railway e pili ana iā Kano ma Nigeria me Maradi ma ka hema o Niger, me ka lōʻihi o 285 mau kilomita. ʻO ka ʻāpana i hana ʻia e Zhongcheng he 22 mau kilomita ka lōʻihi, me ka hana ʻāina subgrade ʻo ke ʻano hana nui.

Ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana, e hōʻoluʻolu loa ka papahana i ke kaomi logistic no Niger i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka ʻāina i ka lawe ʻana i ka ikehu, nā minerala a me nā lako o kēlā me kēia lā. He mea koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kālepa kūloko a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka African Continental Free Trade Area.