Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello says he is talks with the management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on how to revive the activities of the corporation in Niger State.
Bello said this in ebute meta, Lagos State office of NRC on Monday.
A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Mary Noel-Berje, said the move was to ensure safe transportation of goods and person from Niger to Kaduna, due to increasing bandits activities.
Bello said his visit was a follow-up to his earlier discussions with the management of NRC on how to reactivate their services in the state particularly in areas with immense agricultural potentials.
He said with the reactivation of some of the locomotives and wagons, the economic activities around the areas would creat job opportunities and thereby improve the internally generated revenue of the state.
“If we are able to reactivate some of the locomotives and wagons, it will help the market men and women to move within Minna and environs and will also extend the services to Kaduna”, he said.
Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, said the corporation would give the governor the necessary support towards the desire project.
