The Federal Government says it will shut down the
Lagos-Ibadan and the Abuja-Kaduna train services should there be any case of
Covid-19 detected among passengers.
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stated this
on Monday while featuring on NTA Good Morning Nigeria programme.
He said train users must comply with all Covid-19 protocols
from the beginning of every trip to the end.
The minister said, “If we see that we are conveying passengers who have Covid from Lagos to Ibadan and Ibadan to Lagos, we will stop it just like we are threatened to stop the one from Kaduna to Abuja if people don’t comply with the Covid protocols.
“Don’t forget that on Kaduna-Abuja, we convey 4,000
passengers in a day. Imagine that about 20 per cent have Covid, they can
transmit Covid to the entire passengers. The rate of transmission will be high.
The same is applicable to Lagos. Everybody must comply with the Covid
protocols, wear your masks till the end of the journey.”
The minister also added that the $1.6bn Lagos-Ibadan railway
project which would be completed this month would be inaugurated virtually by
the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The Nigerian Railway Corporation had in December 2020
commenced operations for the Lagos-Ibadan railway, a standard gauge rail
covering a distance of 156km.
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