“The bad roads make them spend more hours on the road before getting to their destinations, so they want to travel by train. Recall that railway services had been shut down since March 2020, following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. “We are not in a hurry to reopen the train services, I had a conversation with the chairman in charge of the technical committee on COVID-19, and I did say economically it is not wise. It is going to be volatile and out of hand to resume without putting necessary measures in place. If we must resume, the protocols of COVID-19 and that of the Presidential Task Force must be adhered to, an approval must be sought.

Source: The Guardian July 24, 2020 03:56 UTC