Engr. Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, says the monthly revenue realised from prepare service operations on Abuja-Kaduna rail line has dropped from N500 million to N1 million monthly.
Speaking through the inspection of the Idu Train Station on Wednesday in Abuja, Okhiria stated the essence of the tour was to appropriate some points highlighted by the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, which embody escalators, elevators and allowances of safety males.
He defined, “Currently, we do two return trips against the 10 we were doing before that incident and we were running from 6 am to 10 pm but now we have been advised not to exceed 6 pm.
“So, we are hopeful that when the security situation normalises and they are able to advise us, we can start the full operation so that we can break even.”
The Managing Director stated that they’ve paid two months out of the 5 months excellent allowances and hope to conclude it quickly.
Media Talk Africa recollects that bandits detonated a bomb on the rail observe of Abuja-Kaduna prepare and efficiently immobilised the prepare between Katari and Rijana final yr.
They kidnapped a number of passengers who had been later launched after an unspecified quantity of ransom was paid.
