Some residents who were ignorant of the demolition exercise had been inquisitive about the development. A call to the Department of Public Relations, Nigeria Railways Corporation confirmed that the demolition being carried out is aimed at enabling NRC functions effectively through the provision of standard railroads. On the issue of compensation, he told The Guardian that, “I can emphatically say that they are reimbursing the owners of the buildings appropriately. Depending on the status of the structure, house owners are collecting N30 million, N20 million, N10 million even N5 million. “This is very encouraging and I give Kudos to NRC for fine-tuning the area of compensation without causing any trouble”.

Source: The Guardian February 07, 2019 03:33 UTC