The Federal Government has approved the provision and installation of baggage scanners at all railway stations in the country at a cost of four hundred and ninety-five million naira.
The Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye stated this at a briefing on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He stated that the devices had become imperative because of the need to advance the security of lives and property in the nation’s railway facilities and in continuation of the railway revolution in the sector.