The FG has fixed a date for the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna train services.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria has decided that train services will resume on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line on Monday, November 28, 2022.
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Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant on Digital Communications to President Muhammadu Buhari, made the disclosure in a Twitter post on Saturday.
According to the president’s media aide, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will release further details on the operations and timetable on Sunday.
“The Abuja-Kaduna train services will resume on Monday, November 28, 2022,” Ahmad tweeted.
“The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will release further details on the operations and timetable to the general public, tomorrow [Sunday].”
The Abuja-Kaduna train services will resume on Monday, November 28, 2022. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will release further details on the operations and timetable to the general public, tomorrow.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) November 26, 2022
The Punch reported that some contractors were at the Idu rail station to install trackers and cameras.
“They couldn’t install the cameras but they installed the trackers on LOKO 2809 and DMU 003,” a source familiar with the situation told the newspaper.
Recall that the Abuja-Kaduna train services have been suspended since March 2022 when terrorists attacked a train on the rail line, killing and abducting several passengers.
Earlier this month, the federal government said operations will resume on the corridor by the end of November after the abductees have been safely reunited with their families.
Last year, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed that the Abuja-Kaduna train service generates at least N300 million every month.
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“We make N300 million per month from the Abuja-Kaduna train,” he had said.
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