Sales on online ticket undergoing processing, says NRC
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said it is yet to commence
the online sale of ticket to passengers for the Abuja-Kaduna train
service.
The Managing Director, Engr. Fidet Okhiria said it was imperative to set the record straight following news on social media that passengers should purchase tickets online.
The Corporation while describing the information as untrue and fraudulent urged passengers not to visit such sites.
According to him: “It is not true and we have been making efforts to let people know that we have not started. The present website asking people to buy tickets online is fraudulent.
”We will inform people when we start the sale. We are yet to start because we require it to be very secured, so that people will find it difficult to hack.
”So, I appeal to passengers not to patronise a site for ticketing issues, we still sell our tickets in hard copy at the stations,” he said.
He however, noted that the process for the e-ticketing was ongoing stating that it was going to be under public Private Partnership (PPP) which would go through due process.
He also stated that the processes to commence the automated tickets would be finalised by ICRC in the first quarter of 2019.
“We have gone very far, we want to partner with private companies so that there will be reliability. It is currently with ICRC so that all due process will be met, I hope by first quarter of 2019, we would have finished the processes.
The Managing Director, Engr. Fidet Okhiria said it was imperative to set the record straight following news on social media that passengers should purchase tickets online.
The Corporation while describing the information as untrue and fraudulent urged passengers not to visit such sites.
According to him: “It is not true and we have been making efforts to let people know that we have not started. The present website asking people to buy tickets online is fraudulent.
”We will inform people when we start the sale. We are yet to start because we require it to be very secured, so that people will find it difficult to hack.
”So, I appeal to passengers not to patronise a site for ticketing issues, we still sell our tickets in hard copy at the stations,” he said.
He however, noted that the process for the e-ticketing was ongoing stating that it was going to be under public Private Partnership (PPP) which would go through due process.
He also stated that the processes to commence the automated tickets would be finalised by ICRC in the first quarter of 2019.
“We have gone very far, we want to partner with private companies so that there will be reliability. It is currently with ICRC so that all due process will be met, I hope by first quarter of 2019, we would have finished the processes.
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