Lagos Blue Rail Project Flops, Train Stops Midway As Passengers Push To Move (VIDEO)

TRIXX NG reports that the highly celebrated Blue Rail project has flopped following the sudden stoppage of one of the trains conveying passengers to their preferred destinations.

In a video sighted by this publication, some people believed to be passengers of the train were seen pushing the train in order to make it move. The reason behind the sudden stoppage is yet to be ascertained.

This has caused several reactions on the internet especially for the fact that the Blue Line rail project is just a few months old and has been very much celebrated by the Lagos state government. The construction of the project started in 2010 and many believe it’s enough time to ensure nothing goes wrong on the project; not even a few months after launching.

The trains were also imported from China a few months back; one of the reasons it’s unbelievable that such a project that cost millions of naira would flop so easily and so soon.

One of the reasons Lagosians patronize the Blue rail project is to avoid unnecessary traffic congestion and unreasonable delays on the road by the yellow bus drivers but unfortunately, they have been made to experience the same situation in a more packaged manner.

Governor Sanwoolu during the launching of the successful completion of the project said the milestone in development of LRMT is the culmination of several impactful reforms in the transport ecosystem of Lagos State, starting in 1999, the dawn of the Fourth Republic, when Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office as the democratically elected governor of Lagos State.

He said completion of the first phase is a strong testimony of the government’s commitment to building on the legacies of past administrations and the pioneering vision of Tinubu.

The governor described the moment as “historic”, saying Lagos became the first sub-national government in Africa to fund and deliver a rail system from the state’s balance sheet.

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This is the celebrated Bluerail in Lagos, @jidesanwoolu you suppose chop beating for this king nonsense. Imagine spending $1.17 Billion for Nigerians to end up pushing train. E ni ku re pic.twitter.com/PFJgV6oet0

— Maazi (@unapologetic_w) April 1, 2023