The Presidency has revealed the companies that will be participating in President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a 50% reduction in inter-state transport fares on Wednesday.
Tinubu approved the reduction as well as free train rides for Nigerians from Thursday, December 21, 2023, to January 4, 2024.
Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, announced this gift to State House correspondents at the Aso Rock Villa on Wednesday, saying Nigerians who want to travel can board public transportation via small buses and luxury buses at a 50% reduction off the present cost.
Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has identified the five participating transport companies in the initiative.
Onanuga mentioned GIG (God is Good), Chisco, Young Shall Grow, God Bless Ezenwata, and Area Motor in a post on X on Thursday.
He wrote, “Participating companies in the FG’s plan to reduce the transport burden of traveling five million Nigerians:
1. GIG (God is Good)
2. Chisco Transport
3. Young Shall Grow
4. God bless Ezenwata.
5. Area Motor.”
The Presidency also listed 28 routes the buses will run. They include Lagos-Kano, Lagos-Abuja, Lagos-Kaduna-Zaria, Lagos-Jos, Lagos-Enugu, Lagos-Onitsha, Lagos-Owerri, Lagos-Aba, Lagos-Abakaliki, Lagos-Nsukka, Lagos-Uyo, Lagos-Port-Harcourt, Onitsha-Kano, and Onitsha-Lagos.
Others are Onitsha-Jos, Onitsha-Abuja, Onitsha-Sokoto, Onitsha-Gombe, Onitsha-Zakibiam, PH-Owerri-Aba-Kano, Aba-Owerri-Abuja, Aba-Lagos, Abuja-Sokoto, Abuja-Lagos, Abuja-Onitsha-Owerri-Port-Harcourt, Abuja-Enugu-Abakaliki, Abuja-Gombe, and Abuja-Kano.
