Lack of Spare Parts Responsible For Recurring Breakdown of Abuja-Kaduna Train

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has put the common breakdown of trains on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line on absence of extra parts.

Amaechi said the public authority was at this point to get the extra parts the service requested to supplant defective ones.

He expressed this yesterday in the wake of reviewing the advancement the progress of signaling and communication on the Lagos-Ibadan railway line at Ibadan, Oyo State.

As per him, the trains working on the course were purchased in 2016, expressing that the service has kept in touch with President Muhammadu Buhari to endorse the acquisition of new ones.

According to him, when the solicitation is supported, there would be more trains for the course.

Furthermore, the clergyman focused on the requirement for native workers for hire to show the ability to jump aboard for rail route development.

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Talking on the traveler traffic on Lagos-Ibadan rail, he expressed that 42,000 travelers were passed on in the long stretch of June, saying there was trust the number would increment with time.

As indicated by him, when the solicitation is endorsed, there would be more trains for the course.

Plus, the pastor focused on the requirement for native workers for hire to show the ability to jump aboard for rail line development.