FG approves N495m for the procurement and installation of luggage scanners at railway stations

The Federal Government has approved the sum of N495m for the procurement and installation of luggage scanners at railway stations located in Abuja, Kaduna, and Kano states.

Ademola Adegoroye, the Minister of State for Transportation, who made the declaration on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting, explained that it was meant to enhance the security of lives and property at the railway facilities.

According to him, “The devices to be deployed at railway stations in Idu, Rigassa, Kubwa, Jere, Kano and Kaduna include eight colour imaging x-rays, eight body scanners walk through metal detectors and 50 handheld scanners for an effective security network.”

He added that the federal government does not want people to come and damage all that the government has been trying to put in place in that sector.