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Govt Announces Date For Resumption Of Abuja-Kaduna Train Services
The federal government has announced a date for the resumption of Abuja-Kaduna train services.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government on Monday announced that train services on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line will resume in November 2022.
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo made the disclosure while giving the score-card of his ministry in Abuja.
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According to him, adequate security has been put in place to ensure the safety of passengers.
The Minister, however, did not give any specific date for the resumption.
Sambo said the ministry has learnt enough lessons from the attack in March which claimed the lives of several passengers.
Recall that in March, gangs of heavily armed men, known locally as bandits, infamously attacked an urban train heading to Kaduna from Abuja with dozens of passengers. Some of the passengers were killed, while many others were abducted.
The incident occurred in the broader context of the Nigerian bandit conflict and took place two days after a bandit raid at Kaduna Airport, in which two personnel from the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) were slain and several other workers were kidnapped.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) suspended operations on the route on March 29.
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Going by media reports and family sources, the criminals received over N6 billion in ransom payments.
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