NRC Restores Faulty Locomotives to Abuja-Kaduna Rail Lines

NRC Restores Faulty Locomotives to Abuja-Kaduna Rail Lines

Kasim Sumaina in Abuja

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has disclosed that the locomotives that broke down sometimes ago on the Abuja-Kaduna corridor are back on track.

The Managing Director of the cooperation, Mr. Fidet Okhiria, while speaking to THISDAY through a telephone interview on Saturday stated that the locomotives are back and running.

The management of the corporation had recently tendered an apology to passengers on board KA2 train that left Rigasa, Kaduna State to Abuja but developed a mechanical fault resulting in its breakdown.
The corporation, while tendering its apologies to all passengers on board, noted that the failure and consequent delay no doubt caused delays to subsequent train services from Abuja to Kaduna.

Manager of the Abuja-Kaduna axis, Mr. Pascal Nnoli, had in a statement said the failed locomotive was currently receiving attention from a team of engineers and technicians at the Idu Locomotive Workshop.
At a session yesterday, Okhiria stated that the locomotives “are now back. If they were not back on track, the train won’t be running. That same day, they came back running.”

He spoke on the frequent breakdown of the locomotives, saying the locomotives are bound “to develop mechanical fault. It has only broken down once.
The break down could be as a result of mechanical fault or anything and they will penalise the driver.”

Okhiria, while buttressing the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi’s statement on arrival of spare parts from China, disclosed that the corporation “is expecting locomotives spare parts from China.

Speaking on the Kajola rolling plant projects, he noted that the rolling plant “is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) from China.

“We are working to have a factory in Nigeria not that they will hand over to anybody. We do not have contract with them just to buy materials, not that we gave them the contract to build factory. It is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

He however hinted that the Corporation will work assiduously to keep the system working, adding: “to the best of our ability and ensure we don’t break down and if we break down, we ensure that we respond timely.

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