The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has agreed to deepen its relationships with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and the Nigerian Railway Corporation through a Memorandum of Understanding on ways of enhancing safety in the rail and road sector.
The agency also said the report of the Lagos bus-train crash would be ready very soon.
The development came barely three weeks after a train crashed with a Lagos State Government staff bus in the Ikeja area of Lagos State.
Speaking during courtesy visits to the two organisations in Lagos, the Director-General, NSIB, Akin Olateru, said its investigators had begun an investigation into the causal and contributory factors of the March 9, 2023 train-bus accident in Lagos.
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He explained that the NSIB’s report, which would be made public, would also include safety recommendations to both parties on how a recurrence could be avoided in the future.
Speaking at LASEMA, Olateru said, “We have 45 well-trained investigators who are well-trained in the United States, Singapore Academy, and others. So, we do what we do well. It takes time to carry out the investigation.
“But, for this, I don’t think it will take time because some of our investigators have already been trained on train and maritime investigation.
