NRC suspends rail services for presidential election

NRC attributes poor haulage movement to insufficient locomotives

 

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) announced in Lagos on Tuesday that rail services would be suspended from Saturday February 25, to Monday February 27, 2022.

NRC spokesperson, Mahmood Yakubu, stated that the suspension was to enable Nigerians exercise their franchise at the presidential and National Assembly elections of February 25.

The train services to be put on hold are Abuja-Kaduna, Warri-Itakpe, Lagos-Ibadan and Iddo, Lagos-Ijoko interstate mass transit service.

Yakubu stated that normal train services would resume from Tuesday February 28.



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