Senate Launches 6-week Probe Into Frequent Train Derailments

The Senate has acceptable up a peculiar ad-hoc committee to analyse the rising cases of bid derailments crossed the country, pursuing past Saturday’s incidental connected Warri–Itakpe obstruction line, successful which 2 of the 7 coaches derailed astatine Kilometre 212+8m successful Agbor, Delta State.

The committee, to beryllium chaired by Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has been tasked to analyse the authorities of obstruction infrastructure nationwide, the prime of imported materials being utilized for obstruction projects, and successful summation analyse the loans received from China. The sheet is expected to taxable its findings wrong six weeks.

In a solution passed connected Tuesday, the Senate said the probe was expected to uncover the basal causes of what lawmakers described arsenic “persistent derailments” crossed the country.

The precocious enclosure besides resolved that the committee should clasp a nationalist proceeding arsenic portion of the probe.

The determination followed a question of urgent nationalist value sponsored by Delta North Senator, Ede Dafinone, who cited past week’s derailment connected the Ujevwu–Itakpe line, hardly days aft bid services resumed connected that route.

Recall that, successful a statement, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) confirmed the incidental and said nary casualties were recorded. NRC Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Kayode Opeifa, said preliminary checks suggested that the derailment whitethorn person resulted from suspected way vandalism.

“We are pleased to corroborate that each passengers connected committee were safely evacuated to Agbor, and everyone has been afloat accounted for. No casualties oregon injuries were recorded.”

He besides noted that bid services on the corridor were temporarily suspended to let for a elaborate audit of the affected tracks.

Meanwhile, the Senate has directed the NRC to urgently rectify the faults liable for the caller incidents and guarantee the harmless restoration of afloat obstruction services nationwide.