I-Nigeria iqala kabusha isevisi yesitimela emisiwe ngemuva kokuhlasela kwamaphekula

UNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha eNigeria u-Mu'azu Sambo umemezele ukuthi ukuhamba kwezitimela phakathi kwenhloko-dolobha i-Abuja kanye nedolobha elisenyakatho neKaduna, kwamiswa isigubhukane ngoMashi ngemuva kwesigameko esikhulu. ukuhlasela kwamaphekula, izophinde iqhutshwe ngoNovemba.

NgoMashi 28, isitimela sabagibeli esasisendleleni eya eKaduna sisuka e-Abuja sahlaselwa yiqembu labashayasibhamu eRijana, idolobha eliseduze kwaseKaduna.

Ngokusho kwezikhulu zaseNigeria, abagibeli abangu-362 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-20 babegibele isitimela ngesikhathi sokuhlasela.

Okungenani abagibeli bezitimela abayisishiyagalombili balahlekelwe izimpilo zabo kulokhu kuhlasela. Kwalimala abantu abangu-26 kwathi abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-60 bathunjwa oshayasibhamu.

NgoMashi 29, ngolunye usuku ngemuva kwesigameko sokuhlasela, i- INigerian Railway Corporation, inkampani yombuso enamalungelo akhethekile okusebenzisa izitimela eNigeria, ikumise unomphela ukusebenza kwezitimela phakathi kwe-Abuja neKaduna.

Esitatimendeni esikhishwe izolo e-Abuja, uNgqongqoshe uSambo umemezele ukuthi umsebenzi wezitimela uzoqala kabusha ngemuva kokufakwa kwezinyathelo zokuphepha.

Ngokusho kukangqongqoshe, lezi zinyathelo zokuphepha zizobandakanya izinhlelo zesikhashana nezesikhathi eside, kanti izinhlelo zesikhashana zizoqala ukusebenza kusukela ngoNovemba.

"Sibheka ukuthi imizila yezitimela ingavikeleka kanjani ngokufaka izinto zokugada amahora angama-24 kanye nezisetshenziswa zokuphendula ngokushesha," kusho uSambo.