Angry railway workers on Thursday turned back passengers as they shut down passenger and cargo train services of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) across the country.
When our correspondent visited the Mobolaji Johnson Train Station in Ebute-Meta in Lagos on Thursday, the aggrieved workers were seen displaying placards on which were written various inscriptions such as: “Amaechi don’t kill NRC workers,” “Good salary gives better results”, and “Work for Nigeria Railway and die in abject poverty,” among others, and singing solidarity songs as they ensured that there was no train services at the station.
Some of the passengers who had besieged the Mobolaji Johnson Train Station to board the train to Ibadan and Abeokuta respectively were turned back as the angry workers ensured the gates to the NRC train platform as well as the premises of the corporation were securedly locked.