The Federal Government has announced a 50 percent reduction on-road public transport fares and zero-fare by rail across Nigeria in celebration of the yuletide.
Minister Of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, while addressing newsmen on the presidential intervention in public transportation said the reduction will commerce Thursday 21, 2023, to ease mobility among Nigerians.
He noted that the gesture was a demonstration of President Tinubu’s love for Nigerians aimed at easing travel time among Nigerians without the stress and extra burden imposed by the high cost of transport around this period.
Alake added that the police, Department of State Services (DSS), the military and other security agencies have been directed to work collaboratively to ensure the holiday period is safe without any security breach in any part of the country.
“The Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation will be working with transporters, road transport unions, and Nigerian Railway Corporation to seamlessly deliver on this special presidential initiative.
“From tomorrow, Nigerians wishing to embark on inter-state travel to any part of the country from Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Owerri, Ibadan, Akure, Maiduguri, Sokoto and other major inter-state transportation hubs will be able to do so at half the cost.”
