The Senate has called on the Federal Government to deploy more coaches to the Abuja-Kaduna train service, to ameliorate the plight of passengers.
The resolution followed a motion by Ali Ndume, titled “urgent need to increase the number of Coaches to the Abuja-Kaduna rail line”.
The Senate said the call had become necessary following the number of people who out of fear of kidnapping, and other criminal activities, resorted to travelling by rail. It also urged the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC to increase frequency of trips, while regulating prices, to check abuse.
Ndume noted that most passengers’ en-route Kaduna-Abuja Road had resorted to rail as a safer means of transport. He also said that the increase in the patronage of the rail services was as a result of its relative safety, comfort, convenience and affordability.
Contributing, Shehu Sani, noted that the Kaduna-Abuja railway had become the oxygen and lifeline of the people, stressing that the road had become one of the most dangerous roads in the country. In his remarks, Senate President Bukola Saraki put the resolution to a voice vote and it was adopted.
