The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has successfully taken delivery of 17 locomotive-driven containers, transported from Kano to Lagos, marking another significant step in enhancing the country’s domestic freight capabilities.
According to solacebase.com, NRC Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said that the delivery was in continuation and consolidation of freight services inaugurated by the Ministry of Transportation in June 2024.
“The cargo train which arrived at Lagos at about noon on July 15 departed the Dala inland dry port Kano on July 5, a journey that was made only during the daytime.
“The Nigerian government believes the cargo haulage system will ease the 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,” he said. (NAN)
