Reps give Transport Minister 48hrs to appear over Abuja-Kaduna train derailment

By Gift ChapiOdekina

The House of Representatives Committee connected Land Transport has fixed the Minister of Transportation, Sa’idu Alkali, 48 hours to look earlier it implicit past week’s derailment of an Abuja-Kaduna train, which had 618 passengers connected board.

The committee issued the summon aft the curate failed to be its investigative proceeding connected the incident.

Chairman of the Committee, Blessing Onuh, described Alkali’s lack arsenic unacceptable and insensitive to Nigerians affected by the adjacent tragedy.

“A toad does not tally successful the daytime for nothing. We are connected recess, but galore of america chopped our interruption and came each the mode 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 Minister to look successful idiosyncratic wrong 48 hours,” Onuh declared.

Deputy spokesperson of the House, Philip Agbese, was much scathing, saying Alkali’s enactment showed incompetence and disregard for Nigerians.

He said: “This 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 parliament. This curate has chosen contempt. If helium fails to amusement up, Nigerians should cognize determination is efficaciously nary curate of proscription successful this country.”

Another subordinate of the committee, Cyril Hart, expressed disappointment that Alkali, a erstwhile lawmaker, chose to dishonour the parliament.

“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 erstwhile sought to articulation this parliament, truthful helium knows the respect owed to it. We cannot let anyone to artifact with the lives of our people,” Hart noted.

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

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