PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved a 50 per cent cut in land transportation fares from December 21 to January 4, 2024 across the country.
The President has also approved zero fares for train transportation in all the states of the federation within the same period.
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr. Dele Alake, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said that all the logistics for the implementation have been worked out between the Minister of Transportation and the transport unions and luxurious bus owners.
According to him, “This Presidential initiative is to give succour to the masses. It is on record that the massive don’t patronize airport trapping. The program is not beyond the affordability of the government.”
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