El-Kabir: MURIC flays Nigerian govt over failure to announce free train services

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has condemned the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over its inability to offer free train services during the forthcoming Eid Kabir festival.

MURIC made this assertion in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

The statement was made available to DAILY POST on Monday night.

DAILY POST reports that the 2026 Eid Kabir festival is less than 48 hours away.

Akintola, in the statement, said that the federal government in recent times had offered free train services during the Christmas period.

He also disclosed that the federal government had in the last few years offered free train services during the Easter celebrations.

Akintola, while speaking, maintained that MURIC waited until Monday evening, hoping that the federal government would do the needful, but it did not make any declaration.

He said that the inability of the federal government to announce free train services made the organisation raise the alarm.

Akintola, who spoke further, described the inability of the federal government to announce the free train services as unjust.

He said, “We waited patiently until Monday evening before issuing this statement. The Salah festival is just 48 hours away and there has been no announcement yet as far as we know as at 8:39 p.m.

“We are grossly disappointed by FG’s attitude on this issue. Free train rides have been offered by FG for the past three years during Christmas and Easter. Sometimes the free rides last more than…

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‎”Is this proper? Why is there no free train for Salah while Christmas and Easter are always favoured? What is FG trying to tell us?”