Federal Government Inducts Committee on Railway Security

The Federal Government has inaugurated a committee to provide concrete measures to safeguard train passengers and railway infrastructure across the country.

The Federal Ministry of Transportation in a statement said an 11-man committee was inaugurated by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Magdalene Ajani, in Abuja to review the use of surveillance equipment along rail lines, and set up a special task force on railway lines across the country.

It would also develop a comprehensive report on the train attacks along the Abuja-Kaduna route and make recommendations on how to prevent future occurrences of similar attacks.

The members of the committee included Ajani as Chairman; Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria as Secretary; Director, Rail Transport Services, Yusuf Adekunle; Air Vice-Marshall A. O. Adole Defence Headquarters, Major General T. E. Gagariga Nigerian Army, and Ngozi Ezeilo Representing Civil Society Organization.