THE Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) on Friday began movement of fuel
from Lagos to the Northern part of the country in a move aimed at ending the
protracted fuel crisis in the area and the attendant high price of petroleum
products.
This came as the Federal Government on Friday inaugurated the NRC’s Lagos-Kano intercity passenger train services and the haulage of petroleum products.
In the first haulage, NRC moved 450,000 litres of diesel from Lagos to the North.
The Minister of
Transport, Senator Idris Umar, said at the event that the government was still
committed to revamping the transport sector, particularly railway services, because
of its importance to Nigeria’s economic development.This came as the Federal Government on Friday inaugurated the NRC’s Lagos-Kano intercity passenger train services and the haulage of petroleum products.
In the first haulage, NRC moved 450,000 litres of diesel from Lagos to the North.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NRC revitalised the Lagos-Kano intercity train services to complement the existing Lagos- Ilorin and Minna-Kano intercity train services.
Source: Compass
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