Francis Ugwoke
19 June 2008
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Enugu — Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mazi Jetteson Nwankwo, yesterday said the Corporation was collaborating with states to provide rail transport in the country.
Lamenting what he described as close to zero capital allocation in this year's national budget, Nwankwo said to salvage the situation and continue to provide rail services, the Corporation has reached out to states to partner with it and ensure that rail services were sustained.
He identified some of the states partnering withit in intra-city rail services as Kaduna, Cross River, Delta, Benue, Lagos and Adamawa states.
He said Benue , Niger and Kano states have also asked management of the Corporation to forward proposals.
Nwankwo, who spoke to newsmen in Enugu, during the organisation's district management meeting, said Kaduna State had already indicated its readiness to move into phase II of the partnership, which may include extending railway services to other states.
The states, he said, would provide wagons, coaches and locomotives.
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