Sunday Okobi
Stakeholders in the railway transport subsector have called on the management of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to erect level crossing barriers in all railway level crossings in order to regulate movement of traffic and avert the incessant deaths recorded at railway level crossings in the country.
The call is coming against the backdrop of the recent death of four passengers in a tricycle killed by an Ijoko to Iddo bound Lagos Mass Transit trai at Iju railway level crossing.
A regular commuter of the Lagos Mass Transit Train service, Mr John Obot, the employment of flagmen to regulate traffic at railway level crossings is not enough to avert the unnecessary deaths recorded at regular intervals at railway level crossings.
He urged management of the corporation to erect metal barriers that could be lowered to regulate traffic whenever a train is approaching.
Obot noted that when the Rail India Technical and Engineering…
