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Kaduna-Abuja train: Amaechi reveals when bombed rail track will be fixed

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said work will commence immediately on the bombed Kaduna-Abuja railtrack.
IDOMA VOICE recalls that several persons were killed, many injured and others abducted when bandits attacked an Abuja-Kaduna bound train.

iving update on the incident, Amaechi said the Nigerian Air Force would start escorting trains, adding that repair works on the bombed rail track would commence immediately as efforts were now on to install security sensors on the tracks.

On when the repairs of the bombed tracks would be fixed, Amaechi said, “We will commence work immediately and the military has promised us security as we work. It is less than 2km of rail tracks. We will complete the work as soon as possible.“If the Ministry of Finance releases the funds, then we can know the number of those to employ. But we will involve the DSS in screening the people we will employ.”

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