Rail transport can create 10,000 jobs annually, if revived, says Mr Raphael Okoro, the President, Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR).
Okoro told newsmen in Abuja yesterday that reviving the system was “very possible”, if government mustered the political will to create a functional and effective railway system.
According to him, the rail system is very key to the growth of every nation even though it is capital and labour intensive.
Okoro, therefore, advised the government to make the revival of the rail system a priority, stressing that if government spent N20 billion on one road, It would soon go bad due to the weight of the goods.