The Nigerian Railway Corporation says it will commence skeletal operations on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line from the middle of September with 16 trips daily. The Managing Director of NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria disclosed this on Saturday in Ibadan during an inspection tour of the project by the Ministers of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, and Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
“We will start by the middle of September from Yaba to Ibadan while the other construction finishing will continue.“With that, we intend to have 16 trips a day,” he said.According to him, the corporation will not wait for all the stations to be ready before commencing operations so that Nigerians can start enjoying the dividends of the tracks and coaches that have arrived.
The stations along the corridor are Apapa, EBJ, Agege, Agbado, Kajola, Papalanto, Abeokuta, Olodo, Omi-Adio and Ibadan. . “Before Covid-19, for every station, we have between 150 to 200 workers but now we have 10 to 20 workers on the sites.“Covid-19 has come to stay but the government has to run.
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