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The federal authorities has launched an e- ticketing system for passengers travelling via Lagos-Ibadan in addition to Warri/ Itakpe rail corridors.
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Alikali, on Monday, carried out the official launching ceremony in Abuja, with an emphasis that the venture would kickstart off on November 1, within the talked about rail corridors.
The Minister, whereas unvailing two concessionaire firms together with International Software program and Digital Options accountable for Lagos-Ibadan and Fane Ticketing Resolution accountable for Warri/ Itakpe, famous that the concession interval could be for 10 years with an assurance of efficient and uninterupted companies.
Moreover, he reiterated authorities’s effort at guaranteeing that ticket racketeering turns into a factor of the previous because it targets to revive the boldness of customers of the rail service on safety. “The essence of e- ticketing, is to keep away from corruption within the system and that is what we’ve got heard previously, which had befallen the system and that is to make sure that all Nigerian residents are proven this sense of belonging and safety whereas patronising the system”.
Additionally talking on the event, the Managing Director, Fidel Ohiria, acknowledged that his management, is assured of the e- ticketing firms, owing to their years of reputations.
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He mentioned, he isn’t at this level anticipating any disappointment from the 2 firms since jingles and advertisment has gone out to tell most of the people of the brand new innovation on the busiest railway corridors within the nation. He mentioned, “ we’ve got previously skilled the menace of tickets racketeering and owing to that, many had been sacked and different suspended for varied involvements.
Additionally talking, whereas assuring the Federal Authorities {of professional} conduct, the CEO ticketing options, Mr. Oyekola Adewumi, a concessioner for the Itakpe/ Warri hall, famous that his system, is able to giving the Nigerian public satisfactory service they wanted interns of document retaining and identification of individuduals who’re concerned in racketeering of tickets.
He mentioned that Nigerians with Nationwide Identification quantity NIN, are designed to acquire tickets for correct identification in opposition to racketeering and different criminality.
“ We even have a system that may observe ticket racketeering amongst these, who bought tickets however failed to make use of them. Our system singles them out and blacklist them”.
Additionally talking Mr Pushkah Nanda, the Vice- President Gross sales, software program and digital options, accountable for Lagos / Ibadan hall, noticed that his firm’s system will for the second proceed to function on level on sale POS system, with excellent knowledge capturing however would rework into predominant e-ticketing by the tip of November.
The rail service ticket racketeering, it might be recalled, has develop into a menace which many doubtful people has exploited to make fast returns from unsuspecting public.
