Over 1000 workers to be employed for Warri-Itakpe rail
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over 1000 workers will be employed for the warri-itakpe standard gauge rail corridor mr fidet okhiria the managing director nigerian railway corporation nrc said1 its about 320km about 12 stations and we have to engage people that will maintain the tracks people that will work in the stations and sell tickets1 also technicians that will examine the train. so we are going to engage close to over 1000 to maintain about 320km track both junior and senior1 new employees cant just be sent there they must be trained1 in order for them to be trained we will be moving people from the existing staff but we have to replace them. so we have to fill up those positions before the new people will be trained and certify to be part of the train operations he said1 nan reports that nrc operates one year training programme for graduate staff and three months for the junior staff1 according to okhiria the 12 stations for the train service are still under construction adding that temporary stations would be used pending completion1 he however assured that the stations would be completed by the first quarter of 2019 noting that some of the houses at the railway village were renovated recently for workers1 okhiria said that a lot has been achieved especially in the rail system under the current administration with the purchase of more rolling stock and wagons1