From Victor Osula, Abuja
Following a successful meeting with transportation unions, President Bola Tinubu, has approved a 50 percent cut in land transportation fares from December 21 to January 4, 2024 across the country.
The President has also approved zero fare for train transportation in all the states of the federation within the same period.
Briefing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on the development, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr. Dele Alake disclosed that Nigerians would be able to travel during the Yuletide with less stress.
According to him, “This Presidential initiative is to give succor to the masses. It is on record that the massive don’t patronize airport trapping. The programme is not beyond the affordability of the government.”
Alake added that all the logistics on the implementation of the waiver have been worked out between the Minister of Transportation and the transport unions and owners of luxury buses.
