Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi accompanied by the chairman of APC
John Odigie-Oyegun, yesterday carried out final inspection on the Abuja
– Kaduna railway, declaring that the project is ready for commissioning
by President Buhari on July 26th.
Speaking at the Idu station of the rail line in Abuja, Amaechi said
“We are ready to go. From the things we have seen, we are set to go.
This test run exercise has been on for over a month. We said it was
going to run for two weeks but we allowed it for six weeks so that
everybody can use it.”
According to him, the trains will be open for business immediately after the commissioning.
“We are targeting that from Tuesday after the president must have
flagged off the Abuja-Kaduna rail, we will then begin to charge
passengers.”
Amaechi who sought the opinion of the passengers before fixing the fare
said, “They suggested 500 on economy and I will do that”.
