Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of the Railway Complex in Agbor, the operational hub of the Itakpe-Warri line, after former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Mr Amaechi announced this on Saturday while inspecting the Warri to Itakpe rail rehabilitation.
“It was named after Goodluck Jonathan and the president approved it. It was named a long time ago Agbor station and the yard was named after President Jonathan. We have named the Agbor complex station after former President Goodluck Jonathan,” he said.
The facility will now be known as the Goodluck Jonathan Railway Station and Complex.
Amaechi also said the transport fare for Abuja to Kaduna train service will double as the management plans to implement social distancing on the coaches.
He stated that the coaches will be reduced by half as each will now carry 40 instead of 84 passengers.
“In fact, this is more like a test run. I told them I want only 30 persons and I’m sure we are more than that, so imagine what happens when you have to deal with passengers,” the minister said.
“This test run will make us go back to the drawing board and the first thing we will put in place when we get approval is that the cost of transportation from Abuja to Kaduna will double because each coach takes 88 passengers but we will reduce it to 40 and the price will increase but we will need to talk to the president before we move on.”
