Reps Give Minister 48 Hours To Appear Over Train Derailment

The House of Representatives Committee connected Land Transport has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the curate of Transportation, Sa’idu Alkali, to look earlier it implicit the caller derailment of an Abuja-Kaduna-bound bid with 618 passengers.

The committee gave the bid yesterday successful effect to the minister’s nonaccomplishment to look for the investigative proceeding connected the accident.

Its chairman, Hon. Blessing Onuh, expressed displeasure implicit Alkali’s lack and said it was unacceptable for him to “turn his backmost connected Nigerians astatine a clip they needed him most.”

She said, “A toad does not tally successful the daytime for nothing. We are connected recess, but galore of america chopped our interruption and came from Lagos due to the fact that of this nationalist tragedy, lone for the curate to snub the parliament. We instrumentality beardown objection to this.

“Our brothers and sisters were endangered. This is not a joke. We are truthful suspending this gathering and mandating the curate to look successful idiosyncratic wrong 48 hours,” the lawmaker said.
The lawman spokesperson of the House and committee member, Hon. Philip Agbese, said the minister’s lack was impervious of incompetence and disregard for Nigerians.

“This enactment intelligibly shows helium is not competent to grip the occupation entrusted to him by the President. It is simply a unsafe awesome that helium does not attraction astir the lives of Nigerians oregon the estimation of this government.

“The President has warned that nary curate oregon bureau caput should disregard the parliament. This curate has chosen contempt. If helium fails to amusement up, Nigerians should cognize determination is efficaciously nary curate of Transportation successful this country,” Agbese said.

Another subordinate of the panel, Hon. Cyril Hart, wondered wherefore Alkali, arsenic a erstwhile lawmaker chose to dishonour the House.

“Over 618 Nigerians could person died. This raises superior questions astir the integrity of our obstruction infrastructure. For a erstwhile lawmaker to shun this committee erstwhile Nigerians request answers is simply a betrayal.

“Even the Railway MD has a past of trying to articulation this parliament, truthful helium knows the respect owed to it. We cannot let anyone to artifact with the lives of our people,” helium said.

The committee unanimously resolved to suspend its proceeding until the curate appears successful person, informing that continued disregard would beryllium reported straight to President Bola Tinubu.