Train Fare Increased Because Rich People Use It More Than The Poor - Minister of Transport (Amaechi)
Talking on Thursday at the third version of the Kaduna Investment Summit, Amaechi said the goal of the president towards the railroad was to transport destitute individuals.
"Some of you have been inquiring as to why we expanded the passage amongst Kaduna and Abuja," he said amid his address at the summit.
"For every train, we burn through N56 million, when we were charging you N600, we were getting N16 million so all you rich men, we were dashing you N40 million every month. As a matter of fact, not very many poor men utilize those trains. The real purpose of the president is to enable us to move destitute individuals from Kaduna to Abuja. On the off chance that you go to Rigasa, you will see the big men pack their autos and utilize the railroad and pursue away the needy individuals.
"So since it's big men that utilization the railroad, we jolted up the costs. You comprehend what it's called — proper valuing. So we cost by your pocket yet it doesn't influence our appropriation, regardless we finance the railroad."
The minister urged individuals to keep making government responsible saying he is the first to know when trains are flawed.
"The clever thing about the online networking is that whenever there is an issue with the railroad, the principal individual to know is me," he said.
"I see a wide range of recordings and I think about whether they understand that I am the minister for transport not the overseeing chief of the Nigerian Railway Corporation so I can't run the railroads.
"Previously, none of you can send a video to a minister yet now you did not just send, they guide me on what to do. I ask you to proceed in that light and make us responsible to you."
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