Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said it will embark on the fumigation of wagons and coaches when the corporation is set to resume operations if the country’s succeeds in battling the coronavirus pandemic that is presently the world like a holocaust.
Fidet Okhiria, managing director of NRC who said last weekend that the orgainsation will not be decontaminating its wagons and coaches for now disclosed that, the exercise would be carried out when the corporation is set to resume operation.
Last week, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) started the fumigation of its administrative buildings, staff quarters and other facilities within its headquarters in fight against the killer coronavirus pandemic. NRC also plans to carry out such decontamination exercise in all the railway facilities nationwide.
Fidet Okhiria, managing director of Nigerian Railway Corporation told BusinessDay that, the management has committed resources towards fumigating the headquarters as part of organizational intervention and mitigation to deal with risk of exposure to Covid-19 scourge.
According to the NRC managing director, ‘’As we all know, Lagos state is the worst hit by Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria from statistics available till date, hence the quick Intervention of the NRC management, engaging services of environmental health professionals in collaboration with the Environmental Health Department of the Lagos Mainland Local Government in driving the process of active and targeted.
Okhiria who spoke through the director of operations, NRC, Niyi Alli, said that the corporation is carrying out the exercise at the instance of the NRC management and commitment backed by resources to facillitate the logistics, manpower, potent decontaminants and the entire project delivery.
The process commenced last Saturday and will continue till every place mapped is covered. Apart from quarters in Ebute Metta, the disinfection effort will cover other NRC quarters at Tejuosho, Rotimi, Mushin, Ikeja and Apapa.
He assured that management will continue to play her role as a responsible and proactive organization committed to public safety especially during this critical pandemic period in the life of our nation and of the world at large.
