FG lost N113m over Abuja-Kaduna railway closure – NRC

The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, has disclosed that the Federal Government lost about N113m due to non-operation of trains at the Abuja-Kaduna railway for over eight months.

Okhiria said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Saturday.

He also said many Nigerians also incurred some losses indirectly due to the halt of operations on the route.

He said, ”The last time we checked that was between the months of February to August. We have lost about N113 million.

“Using what we were earning between Jan and March, so we had to use it as a working document.

“Although, when the train was working, there are a lot of other businesses that were going on.

“There were people selling on the train, there were people selling around the stations, and there were people that had opened shops and people were patronising them because the trains were running.

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