Mr Said Alkali, the Minister of Transportation, says the Nigerian Railways will commence e-ticketing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Alkali made this known on Monday in Abuja during the flag-off of e-ticketing for the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe\u2013Warri routes.<\/p>\n
According to him, the e-ticketing system will direct ticket sales revenue to the government\u2019s funds.<\/p>\n
He added the e-ticketing platform would significantly reduce the potential for corruption and revenue leakage.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will also help to ensure the security of our passengers and avoid racketeering.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the desire of this administration to have zero tolerance for corruption. All these are aimed to benefit our citizens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Contributing, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, said the Federal Government had really deepened efforts to ensure the dream of having an e-ticketing platform come to reality.<\/p>\n
Ajani explained that electronic ticketing for the standard gauge would comfortably curb racketeering that is capable of negatively affecting the economy.<\/p>\n
Speaking, Mr Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director, of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), said the e-ticketing system would improve the integrity of operations in the sector.<\/p>\n
Okhiria expressed optimism that the e-ticketing platform would increase the revenue generation of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n
According to him, the Federal Government had concessioned the Warri-Itakpe and Lagos\u2013Ibadan routes to \u201cTicketing Solutions Limited\u201d and \u201cGlobal Software and Digital Solution\u201d respectively for 10 years.<\/p>\n
The two private firms said they would work effectively and efficiently fulfil mandates to operate the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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