The Ministry of Transportation has once again extended the resumption date of the Abuja-Kaduna rail services earlier announced by the Federal Government to begin today.
The postponement was made known today by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, during an inspection tour to assess the readiness of the Abuja-Kaduna rail services before the commencement of operations.
The Minister, who could not give a definite date for the resumption of the rail service, however, stated that its resumption would not be more than a week.
According to Sambo “The federal government has introduced a new system of purchasing tickets, it is the beginning of security checks that will enable the government to ascertain who boards the train at every point in time.”
The federal government had last week stated that on Monday, 28th November, 2022, the Abuja-Kaduna rail services will resume operations.
The rail service of the Abuja-Kaduna train was suspended following the attack on the train on 28th March, 2022 when terrorists planted explosives that derailed the train.
Consequently, the train was attacked and nine passengers were killed while 60 persons were abducted.
However, the 60 persons were later released by their abductors after spending few weeks with them in captivity.