Naira  Redesign: Nigerian Railway Not Rejecting Electronic Transfer for Boarding Tickets – Management 

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By; MATTHEW UKACHUNWA, Lagos

Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has clarified that it is not rejecting electronic transfer for train boarding ticket.

The corporation noted that passengers of Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS) have been enjoying online electronic train ticketing system seamlessly for quite some time now.

NRC explained that as a result of the present swapping of old Naira notes with the new ones, it is accepting only physical cash across-the-counter for train boarding with the Naira notes approved as legal tender by the government.

The corporation said this in a news release titled, “NRC Not Rejecting Electronic Transfer.”

In the news release dated 20th February 2023, the Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, Yakub Mahmood, wrote: “The Board and Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) attention have been drawn to news trending on the social and mainstream media platforms, claiming that NRC does not accept electronic transfer and old Naira notes for train boarding ticketing at their various passenger train stations, especially Lagos-Ibadan Train Service (LITS) and Warri-Itakpe Train Service (WITS).

“As we are all aware of the currency policy introduced by the Federal Government which redesigned some denominations of the Naira notes that are being gradually swapped with the old Naira notes, pending when the transition from old to new will be completed. We only accept physical cash across-the-counter  for train boarding with the Naira notes approved as legal tender by the government.

“However, on the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS), passengers have been enjoying the online electronic train ticketing system seamlessly, for quite some time now.”

NRC appealed to passengers, especially those using Lagos-Ibadan Train Service and Warri-Itakpe Train Service routes, to bear with them during “this temporary commercial transaction challenges.”

The corporation disclosed that it is bracing up to deploy the online train ticketing system on LITS and WITS routes soon, with far-reaching arrangement which is being concluded for hitch-free deployment of the technology.

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