The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to raise funds for the treatment and wellbeing of those who sustained injuries when bandits attacked a train heading to Kaduna State from the FCT.
Recall that bandits shot at least nine people, while many others sustained fatal injuries during the brutal attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train.
The incident generated different reactions as Nigerians decry the high level of insecurity ravaging the nation currently.
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, who spoke when he examined the victims who are being treated at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna on Wednesday, disclosed that the army had not asked the patients for a dime.
Amaechi asked Nigerians to cooperate with the hospital to contribute money as some of the patients who have bullets in their body may need surgery.
He said, “They said they have only seven (patients) left and the rest have been discharged. The ministry and I think the federal government, are grateful to the Nigerian Army for providing such services.
“But one thing I have said to the Nigerian people is to liaise with the hospital management and see how much money they can contribute for the treatment of the patients”.