The federal government says it is 90 percent ready to resume the Abuja-Kaduna train services.
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna while on an inspection tour to access the state of readiness before commencement of the rail operations.
According to him, certain security measures have been put in place to ensure protection of lives and properties of Abuja-Kaduna train passengers.
He added that the number of daily trips would be reduced.
However, the Minister did not give a specific date for the resumption but noted that it would not be more than a week
Speakung further, he said the use of National Identity Number would be strictly requested as part of strategies to secure passengers.
Sambo said:
“I think we are 90 per cent ready as far as what we are set out to do is concerned. The remaining 10 per cent I am sure would be achieved in the next couple of days for full resumption of train services.
“My assurance to Nigerians is that even I myself will be using the train, and other of my counterparts who have homes in Kaduna, in fact from next week they will start using this train so I am giving Nigerians full assurance that a human being can give that this train is safe for them to be used.
“There is absolutely nothing to fear. We have learnt from what has happened and life is about learning lessons and adopting measures with the lessons. As a responsible government, we have seen those lessons and we have devised appropriate measures to counter it, and like I always say that I was not going to allow this train to resume until everybody in captivity was released and to the glory of God, I have achieved that.
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