NRC begins online ticketing September MD
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by taiye elebiyo-edeni3 nan recalls that the corporation had received a lot of complaints from passengers on racketeering by officials which okhiria said the only solution was the web-based ticketing1 okhiria said this in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan in abuja on thursday1 he said that nrc was at the final stage of the web-based ticketing after completing the technical and commercial process saying that its a public private partnership ppp arrangement to provide the infrastructure1 according to him eight bidders have so far expressed their interests in the web-based ticketing and the winner will be selected this week to complete the whole process1 before september or october we will go online so that people can buy their tickets online we want to make sure that the arrangement is secure and that is why we are taking our time1 mr fidet okhiria managing director nigeria railway corporation nrc said the web-based ticketing for railway services in the country will commence in september1 also by september people can buy their tickets online from their respective homes we are trying to have many vendors1 okhiria however said that his focused for 2018 was to have an improved locomotives output with the arrival of the spare parts that was ordered in 2017 which would boost the reliability1 the nrc boss attributed the poor movement of haulage by rail to inadequate rolling stock and locomotives liability which is low compared with the demand1 he said a large number of haulage can be moved by rail when the tracks are worked on with enough rolling stock and locomotives to meet up with the high demand1 we also have nrc app that you can download on play store we are going to that stage very soon1