The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said over 163,000 passengers benefited from the Federal Government subsidised inter-state trips for the end-of-the-year festive period.

Alake, who is the Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the End of Year Transportation Subsidy Programme of President Bola Tinubu, disclosed this in a progress report released on Monday.

According to him, beneficiaries saved N21,500 and N15,000 each on trips to Abuja and Onisha.

The PUNCH reports that the FG in December 2023 announced 50 per cent reduction in transportation costs along 22 interstate routes during the Yuletide season.

Alake, in a statement on Monday by his Special Adviser, Kehinde Bamigbetan, said the programme provided free transportation on the routes of the Nigerian Railway Corporation and 50 per cent subsidy on transport fares for passengers travelling on 30 routes serviced by bus operators under the Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria.

He said, “Between December 21 and December 31, 2023, figures available show that the NRC conveyed 71,000 passengers, while buses operating under the auspices of ALBON carried 77,122 passengers, and 652 bus trips originating travels from Oshodi Interchange in Lagos carried 15,766. This means no fewer than 163,878 passengers benefitted from the Presidential Yuletide Transportation Subsidy in the first 10 days of the programme.

“Secondly, while train-bound passengers enjoyed total free service, road travellers paid only 50 per cent of the fares. The subsidies depended on the fares ranging from a saving of N21,500 on a Lagos-Abuja road trip fare of N43,000 and N15,000 on a Lagos–Onisha bus fare of N30,000.”

He appealed for cooperation from the passengers and the bus companies to manage the return of passengers from their respective locations back to their bases till Thursday, January 4, 2024, as the programme is still ongoing.

Source: https://punchng.com/Over-163000-passengers-benefited-from-FG-transport-subsidy-Minister

God bless Ashiwaju Jagaban


God bless Nigeria

You can imagine how much they've stolen already

I hope there is evidence for the curious mind

163,000 out of millions of Nigerians

That's F9

Deception Extraordinary...

i really commend the government for this gesture
the initiative really helped the travellers especially the south easterns but they will rather keep mute
some people from that side will still find fault in what they did
Turn the table around, they will be praising PO writing epistle up and down on all social media pages
Their hypocrisy is really disgusting
i have not seen any of them come out and praise BAT
It is very sad

for context, i use to support PO but with the way their supporters were very hostile to the former opponents, i realized its a party of hate and i shifted my position

Alooter continua

lori iro

Ghost benefited sha. Out of millions of human being that traveled only 100k benefited .

Another big lies from APC lying machines

Criminals.

If we can elect someone who’s incapable of running a store as president.

Make we manage anything we see.
One pastor wey don cash out talk say e go hot before e cold.

Enjoy the heat brethren

This is not bad.
More robust palliatives should be provided.

Jagaban should do better.

163,000 ghost passengers benefited . Tinubu is not a useless president

BigBlackPreek:
God bless Ashiwaju Jagaban


God bless Nigeria

God bless Jagaban for stealing your future and that of your unborn kids


Stockholm syndrome

Name the transport companies make we check something...

Audio beneficials.

Propaganda government

Nonsense

Lol!

How did they come about those figures?

I never see anyone who benefited from this.

Out of 5m... Omo someone has to do refund

But the question is...


Can Nigeria get better again?

Ha!
Who do us laidis,tori Olorun? When will Nigerians get sense?

They subtly steal a whole loaf from people, wait a while to begin to gift crumbs to a few from it, and the people are happy and worshipping them.

I'm very sure Asiwaju 's dream for Nigeria 🇳🇬 🇳🇬 will yield progress, we've been stagnant for a while for a nation as big as Nigeria 🇳🇬 🇳🇬. GOD BLESS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.












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Shameless people.

What manner of lies. When bus going east were charging full amount

I knew they were going to say this. Kai

# renewed LIES AND LOOTING 💯🚩

Can you show proof