By Chris Agabi
The Nigerian Railway Corporation NRC) has taken delivery of another round of 17 locomotive driven containers from Kano state to Lagos,.
The containers left Kano on the 5th of July 2024 and arrived Lagos on 15th July, 2024.
The cargo train which arrived Lagos at about noon on July 15, departed the Dala Inland Dry Port Kano on Friday, July 5. The containers travelled only during the day.
The Managing Director/CEO, NRC, Mr. Fidet Okhiria monitored the arrival of the cargo train in Lagos.
He said the shipment is in continuation and consolidation of freight services launched by the Federal Ministry of Transportation in June, 2024.
He further stated that the “Nigerian government believes the cargo haulage system will ease movement of goods from the ports to the hinterlands, while reducing not only the numbers of articulated vehicles on the Nigerian roads, but averting possible mishaps.”
