Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi Friday said train service will resume on the Abuja-Kaduna route on Saturday, days after a section of the rail line was blown by gunmen.

Amaechi, who disclosed this yesterday during an on-site inspection of the scene of the blast, said government is working with the Department of State Services and the Chief of Army staffs to apprehend the suspects.

The minister said the government was deploying digital security sensor on the railway tracks such that they can easily know when there is any impact on it.

“The repair work is completed. What is significant is that the repair was done by our Nigerian engineers and completed in record time,” Amaaechi said on Friday.

“They moved in oday and finished today and by tomorrow, we expect that the first train run by tomorrow.”

The Minister said their has been ongoing procurement process for the digital security system, saying what the incident has done was to fasten the procurement of the digital system they want to put in place.

He said “It had gone to cabinet two weeks ago and it was returned. So we will represent it to cabinet to ensure that we get approval so that we can install digital security network.”

“The essence of the digital secutity system is to enable us when there is an impact on the rail. There is a sensor, when people cross the rail or do anything, we will be able to know and we will be able to forestall this kind of attack.”

The Minister added that the Nigerian Police will be patrolling the railway corridor prior to the installation of the digital security system.

“I am happy that our people fixed it. I am not happy that the security breach took place but what it has done is that it has shown that we actually have the capacity to fix our rail.”

DubaiLandLord:
GMB should leave rail construction for now.

Let him focus more of his energy on road infrastructure, security and power.

This train we dey borrow billions of Naira dey construct, they are all running at a loss.

Nah from the small oil money we dey generate we dey use pay back the loans. Na so una go dey deceive una sef not us anymore..Who tel u say na small money Dem dey generate from oil? We know beta now..

This line have been put out of service now, if is constructed by a private company, the company would have pafuka, expecially with this unexpected gbese bandits terrorists don unleash on the rail line and train itself.

McRobs:
https://guardian.ng/news/nrc-restores-service-on-abuja-kaduna-route-days-after-attack/

DubaiLandLord:
GMB should leave rail construction for now.

Let him focus more of his energy on road infrastructure, security and power.

This train we dey borrow billions of Naira dey construct, they are all running at a loss.

Nah from the small oil money we dey generate we dey use pay back the loans.

This line have been put out of service now, if is constructed by a private company, the company would have pafuka, expecially with this unexpected gbese bandits terrorists don unleash on the rail line and train itself.

post=106980796:
For those children of hate, frustrations and perdition happy and gloating about this sad news,
The next explosion/bomb na for una bald head e go land.
Bunch of evil people.

Nigeria will win this war whether the evil ones like it or not.

(If you are one of the aforementioned, quote this post,
Let sane, honest and good Nairalanders know you today!)

iLoveYouToo:


Are you kidding me, The rails should be closed down?

Okay fine, what is road transportation profiting the government?

I want to see your numbers

DubaiLandLord:
first show me where I talk say make.them close down the rail