NRC shifts Abuja-Kaduna Train Services Resumption Date

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has postponed the Abuja-Kaduna train services (AKTS) resumption date from the earlier announced Monday, 23rd of May 2022.

The corporation, in a statement issued by its Deputy Director Public Relations, Mahmood Yakub, on Friday, May 20, stated that the Corporation apologizes for the delays in the resumption of the service.

According to NRC, a new date will be announced very soon.

“NRC will continue to cooperate and collaborate with the Federal Government in its uncompromising mandate of protecting the territorial integrity and the internal security of Nigeria for safeguarding the lives and properties of its citizens especially as it concerns the rail sub-sector.

“The same vein, we once again identify with the relatives of those in captivity on the account of the recent attack on AKTS rest assured that the Federal Government is alive to its responsibility for the safe rescue of all persons being held, hostage”, it explained.

The management of the corporation, therefore, re-appeals, particularly to the relatives of persons held hostage to be patient and cooperate with the Corporation and the Security Agencies as the federal government is exploring all possible ways and means to ensure the safe release of their loved ones from captivity, soonest.

“We expressed our profound gratitude to the security agencies for the continued support”, the Corporation stated.

Meanwhile, the Joint Senate Committee on land transportation had recently requested from the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) to install WIFI in all trains across the country.

Chairman, Joint Senate committee on lands transportation, Abdul-Fatai Buhari, who led its members on oversight functions from Abuja to Ibadan said, there is a need to put WIFI in all moving trains across the country, as this will curb the attack on train trips.

“If we have a WIFI on the attack train, it could have saved a lot that day. Somebody could have reached out through social media or Whatsapp which could have been broadcasted that there is a train attack somewhere. Somebody could have easily put it on the Internet”, he said.