ROTIMI AMAECHI DISCLOSES THINGS NEEDED TO PROTECT TRAINS IN THE COUNTRY

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says the federal government needs helicopters, drones, and other technologies to protect the rail tracks in Nigeria.

Amaechi, who disclosed this while inspecting the site of the bombing of the rail line between the Katari and Rijani train station along the Kaduna-Abuja route, also revealed that the government might employ natives until it gets those equipment.

The minister had earlier said it will take more than 3 billion Naira to replace what had been lost to the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna rail route.

Recall that bandits attacked a train conveying passengers from Abuja to Kaduna which left 8 dead including secretary-general of the Trade Union Congress, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, and a doctor identified as Megafu Chinelo.