Lagos-Kano rail resumption postponed – NRC

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that it has postponed the resumption of the Lagos –Kano rail service which was scheduled to resume on the 13th of August, citing a damaged rail track on its route.

This was disclosed in a statement by Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, NRC, on Thursday in Lagos.

The NRC boss said the “damage to the rail track was caused by a downpour around Power Line, Oshogbo, Osun, during the week.”

He added that a team of experts from NRC had already been sourced and were working round the clock to fix the damaged track. He stated that a new date for resumption of the Lagos-Kano Train Service would be announced soon.

What you should know

Recall Nairametrics reported last week that the NRC said it will commence the Lagos- Kano rail on the 13th of August, stating that the train would leave Lagos on Friday and arrive Kano on Sunday.