Inside Nigeria
Passengers Stranded As Railway Workers Begin Strike
Angry railway workers on Thursday turned back passengers as they shut down passenger and cargo train services of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) across the country.
When The Nation visited the Mobolaji Johnson Train Station in Ebute-Metta in Lagos, the aggrieved workers were seen displaying placards.
They also sang solidarity songs as they ensured that there was no train services at the station.
Some of the passengers who had besieged the station to board the train to Ibadan and Abeokuta respectively were turned back as the angry workers ensured the gates to the NRC train platform as well as the premises of the corporation were securedly locked.