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Abuja-Kaduna Rail Crisis: Senate Says Bicycle Beats Train, Orders Probe
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THISDAYLIVE
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, delivered the stark verdict as lawmakers reviewed complaints about declining performance on the Abuja–Kaduna–Kano corridor.
The development promoted the immediate inauguration of a Senate ad hoc committee to conduct a holistic investigation into the railway system within six weeks.
“If you are using a bicycle, you will get to Kaduna faster than the train.
He said, “When the railway started, it was one and a half hours to Kaduna.
Last week when I went, we spent three and a half hours.