The government said it
procured the new vehicles to reduce the stress of passengers whose large volume
currently overwhelms facilities.
President Muhammadu Buhari
today commissioned 10 new coaches and two new locomotives for the Kaduna –
Abuja train service at Rigasa train station in Kaduna.
In his address at the
ceremony, Buhari reiterated the resolve of his administration to vigorously
implement the federal government’s 25-year railway master plan with a view to
transforming rail transportation in Nigeria.
In his welcome address on
the occasion, the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, said railway transport
had nearly become a new phenomenon in Nigeria through the current efforts of
government to expand its facilities.
“The indication is that we
will no longer see ticket racketeering, nobody will be sending us text messages
and video clips of passengers protesting at the train stations because of
inadequate services,” Mr. Amaechi said.
The minister recalled that
the standard gauge rail from Idu in Abuja to Rigasa in Kaduna was commissioned
in July 2016 by the President. The project was launched several years ago by
the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo and sustained under former
President Goodluck Jonathan.
The president later took a
train ride from Rigasa to Kakuri to commission the Inland Dry Port on the
outskirts of Kaduna city.
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