The Board and management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have tendered unreserved apology for the interruption in the train operations which led to the extension of the journey time schedule.
This was contained in a press statement issued by the NRC Deputy Director, Public Relations, Yakub Mahmood who reacted to the viral video on social media platforms on the failure of the train locomotive which left the valued passengers stranded for sometime on Ibadan to Lagos standard Gauge morning train service.
According to the statement, it says “we also appreciate the feedback we frequently received from our esteemed passengers as well as constructive comments from the public domain which are all gear towards efficient service delivery to our esteemed passengers.
“However, the management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation NRC states here categorically that the locomotive failure was a result of technical fault on the fueling system, but its not as a result of insufficient fuel as the general public were made to believe.
“There is more than sufficient fuel for the convenient and timely journey from Ibadan to Lagos in the same locomotive fuel tank, but in order to be proactive, our staff immediately source fuel under the suspicious it was fuel shortage which was later discovered to be technical faults on the fueling system, not fuel insufficiency.
“Meanwhile, we are equally appealing to the general public, especially our esteemed passengers and our numerous admirers of modern Railway project to continue having good fate in our operations as that is the surest means that will motivate us to serve you much better.
“Once again, kindly accept our unreserved apology for the inconveniences caused by that sudden and unforeseen Ibadan to Lagos standard Gauge passengers train failure on Thursday 10th March,2022.”
