By Oluwatosin Maliki
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended nine workers allegedly involved in ticket racketeering on the Lagos-Ibadan Railway service operations.
The management held the workers accountable after some staff members of the NRC were alleged to be involved in fraudulent dealings of collecting cash from passengers without remitting it to the government as well as ticket racketeering.
The Managing Director of the NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria, while speaking to newsmen at the Obafemi Awolowo Station in Ibadan, said nine members of staff involved in the fraudulent practice had been suspended.
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He stated, “It’s an offence to carry an intending passenger to enter the train without having a ticket,” Okhiria said.
“We have made that arrangement and we have staff members to check the tickets before they get to the departure hall and also check the tickets before they can get to the platforms to board the train.”
Furthermore, the director stated that adequate measures have been put in place to prevent people without tickets from boarding the train, and all passenger tickets would be checked before being allowed to pass the departure hall.
In addition, “I just came here to remind them that anybody caught will not be spared and to ensure that we do the right thing at the right time”.