Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has enjoined motorists and other road users within Kubwa in Abuja, to always use the constructed over passes instead of illegal level crossings for their safety.
The Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, Yakubu Mahmood made the call in a statement he signed in Abuja.
According to Mahmood, the illegal level crossings portrays great risks and danger to the lives and property of those that use them, and that portrays great risks and danger to their lives and property”.
Mahmood appealed to the mass media to use their medium to enlighten the public on the safety imperative of using the over pass to cross railway lines.
He also reiterated the Federal Government’s policy on railway modernisation to ensure safety of motorists and trains through construction of over passes in all railway lines constructions.
It would be recalled that, a train crushed a vehicle that drove through the illegal level crossing along the Kubwa, Abuja on 15th December, 2022.
