Nigerian Railway Corporation announced on Tuesday that rail services would be suspended from Saturday, February 25 to Monday, February 27.
NRC’s spokesman, Mr Mahmood Yakubu, stated that the suspension was to enable Nigerians to exercise their franchise at the presidential and National Assembly elections of February 25.
Train services to be put on hold are Abuja-Kaduna, Warri-Itakpe, Lagos-Ibadan and Iddo, Lagos-Ijoko interstate mass transit service.
Yakubu stated that train services would resume on Tuesday, February 28.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo has called for the unbundling of the Nigerian Railway Corporation in line with the vision and objectives of the government’s current reforms in the transportation sector.
According to the minister, presently the NRC cannot operate optimally, stating that necessary reforms and unbundling have become imperative.
In a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, the minister disclosed this while addressing the management team of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, led on a visit to him by the CEO, Dr Armstrong Takang
