365news gathered that the Initial announcement of the Federal Government’s plans to reinstate train service between Abuja and Kaduna was postponed.
Mu’azu Sambo, the minister of transportation, found it while on an inspection trip to assess the readiness of the Abuja-Kaduna rail services before the start of operations.
Although he was unable to specify an exact timeline, the Minister stated that the reinstatement of the rail service will not take longer than a week.
The Minister explained, “The federal government has introduced a new system of purchasing tickets, it is the beginning of security checks that will enable the government to ascertain who boards the train at every point in time.”
The federal government had last week stated that on Monday, 28th November, 2022, the Abuja-Kaduna rail services will resume operations.
The rail service of the Abuja-Kaduna train was suspended following the attack on the train on 28th March, 2022 when terrorists planted explosives that derailed the train.
The attack led to the killing of nine passengers and 60 were abducted but all have been released.
