This assurance follows the train accident that occurred on Thursday at the Major Gen. David Ejor Rail Station.
By Karo Oghenetega
The Federal Government has assured passengers of the Warri-Itakpe train service of their safety as it resumed operations on Monday.
This assurance follows the train accident that occurred on Thursday at the Major Gen. David Ejor Rail Station.
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Ahmed Alkali, provided this assurance on Sunday while inspecting the Agbor-Abraka rail station.
Represented by the ministry’s acting Permanent Secretary, Mr. Pius Oteh, the minister stated that their initial priority was to ensure the track had been repaired.
He said, “Our first observation is to see that normalcy has been restored. We are here in the directive of the minister who is concerned when the accident happened on Thursday night.
“NRC is the operator of all our rail services and we are aware that they have already begun to take preliminary steps to ascertain what happened and ensure everybody was safe and conduct further investigation.
“As supervisory ministry of NRC also finds the need to have a first assessment of the situation.
“You know that the Warri-Itakpe railway is a critical component of our National railway infrastructure. We are happy to be here and express the minister concerned.
“We are happy that the incident did not lead to any casualty, it is an operational issue, and we are happy to see that NRC has used their internal resource to fix the track.
“By tomorrow, Monday, the train will resume its operation. We thanked God that the accident did not claim any life.”
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