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Diesel Hike: NRC Reduces Trips On Lagos-Ibadan Train Service

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August 10, 2022
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The hike in diesel price has forced the Nigeria Railway Corporation to reduce the number of return trips on the Lagos-Ibadan Train Service to two from 6 daily.

According to PUNCH, the corporation had sent recommendations to the Federal Ministry of Transportation for an adjustment in the transport fare on the train service.

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The Managing Director, NRC, Fidet Okhiria, said though the service was still running, its trips had been reduced due to the persistent hike in diesel price.

Diesel prices have risen by over 300 per cent in a few months, forcing transporters of petrol, who power their trucks with diesel, to threaten strike before the prompt intervention of the Federal Government.

The spike in diesel price also warranted some level of petrol scarcity in Abuja and neighbouring states, as many truck owners could not afford the high cost, a development that made the Federal Government to raise the bridging claims being paid to petrol transporters.

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Speaking on the impact of the high cost of diesel in the rail sector, Okhiria said NRC had to cut down its trips, particularly on the Lagos-Ibadan route.

“The Lagos-Ibadan train service is running but we have reduced the number of trips on that route because of the diesel problem. We reduced the number of trips we are running because of the hike in diesel price,” he stated.

Asked whether the NRC would raise its transport fare as a result of the increase in diesel price, the corporation’s boss stated that it was outside the powers of the corporation to hike fares.

He explained that it was the responsibility of the Federal Government to make such decision, but noted that the NRC had made recommendations for adjustments.

Okhiria said, “We just can’t increase it by ourselves. The government has to do that. We have made some recommendations. But even the recommendations we made, the new price of diesel has overshot our workings as contained in the recommendations.

“However, we don’t want to price ourselves out of market too, because the price of petrol is not increasing as such, rather the increase is little when compared to diesel price. And you know we are competing with transporters on roads.”

Asked the number trips currently being done on the route, the NRC boss replied, “We are now doing two return trips as against six, which by now should have gone to 10. So we run just two trips now due diesel problem.”

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