FG explains why train service cant resume now

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Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said that anyone who does not adhere to Nigerian Railway Corporation rules will not be allowed to enter a train when they are reopened.

Amaechi stated this in a tweet via his official Twitter page.

He also said that trains would not move if passengers do not comply with rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was reported that Nigerian Railway Corporation had suspended passengers’ train services in the country since March 23.

The Deputy Director Public Relations of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Yakub Mahmood, made this known on behalf of the Board and Management of the corporation in Lagos.

He said that the suspension was in view of the report of the already known COVID-19 outbreak.