The Federal Government has said the Abuja-Kaduna rail transportation has no definite date of resumption.
It could be recall that government had order a temporary closure the Abuja-Kaduna train service after an attacked in March 2022, by bandits who killed several passengers, wounded others and kidnapped over 60 passengers.
There were social media reports that the federal government, few days ago, order the resumption of the train service on November 24, 2022.
But Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Service (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, in a statement on Monday, described the report of resumption as false, urging members of the public to disregard such false reports.
He stated that the federal government is making desperate efforts to resume the train transportation, but the definite date has not been fixed.
”I wish to inform the general public that the news is false because a definite date has not yet been fixed,” he said.
According to him, “it’s true that the Minister announced that we will resume services on that route this November and efforts are being made by all necessary quarters to ensure we resume before the end of November.”
The NRC Managing Director, while reiterating government’s efforts and commitment to securing the lives and properties of the esteemed passengers, also promised that necessary things would be put in place before resumption.