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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is yet to provide further clarification on the promised nationwide reduction in transportation fares, as many Nigerians continue to await the broader impact of the initiative.

Recall that President Tinubu, at a meeting with state governors on August 27, said more Nigerians should begin to see measurable reductions in transportation costs from October 1.

Tinubu had said the reduction would be achieved through the National Affordable CNG Transit Programme, leveraging the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV).

He also directed the rollout of an additional 500 CNG refuelling stations nationwide as part of efforts to reduce transportation costs.

However, more than five days into October, the broader impact of the promised reduction remains limited, with transportation costs still high in many parts of the country.

When DAILY POST contacted presidential spokesperson Sunday Dare on Monday, he had yet to respond at the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, the opposition leader of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, had questioned the Tinubu administration over the promised reduction in transportation fares.

However, the Executive Chairman of the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV), Ismaeel Ahmed, said the reduction in transportation costs had already begun on some routes.

Ahmed said on September 30 that commuters using CNG-powered buses on some routes could pay significantly less than those using conventional commercial transport. He cited the Gwagwalada-Abuja route, where he said commuters could pay about 40 per cent less.

DAILY POST reports that despite the CNG initiative being implemented by the Federal Government across various states, transport fares have remained elevated, with fuel prices standing between N1,370 and N1,410 per litre in Abuja and its environs.

Diesel retails at between N1,940 and N2,000 per litre, depending on the location in Nigeria.

While fuel prices have recorded a reduction of between N20 and N25 per litre, retail prices of N1,370 and N1,410 per litre remain elevated amid crude oil prices of about $100 and $89 per barrel for Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude blends, respectively.

Reacting to the development in an interview with DAILY POST, the Country Director of Transparency International Nigeria, Auwal Rafsanjani, said the problem was poor public accountability among Nigerian leaders.

According to him, public officials often make pronouncements and promises that are never fulfilled.

“You know, the problem is that public accountability is very poor in Nigeria.

“So public officials will always make a promise and commitment and they will never fulfil. And that is why, unfortunately, Nigerians are not having trust in their leaders. Because when their leaders say something, they hardly implement it.

“So the mechanism to make those things happen has not been put in place before the pronouncement. Just like the withdrawal of the subsidy, there was no mechanism to mitigate the issue. And then the president just made that pronouncement.

“And this is the same pattern with this one now. Now we have raised expectations of Nigerians and they have not seen anything.

“So they will continue to think that public officials are liars, deceivers.

“There is no need to rush to make a pronouncement when you know you are not ready,” he told DAILY POST.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/06/nigerians-await-cheaper-transport-fares-as-tinubus-october-1-deadline-passes

The prices have even increased in some cases.

Na Tinubu una Dey believe him words.

Maybe only their supporters who have submitted their brains to them are expecting lower transport fares.

No reasonable person still takes anything from Tinubu and APC seriously.

Only a fool will believe this government of gross incompetence, how will he reduce transport fare with nothing in place to effect the reduction?, he will come out to talk nonsense without thinking

They are rather splurging money in buying off candidates of other political parties who agree to step down. What are they afraid of? Is this democracy?

Every Member of the House of Assembly Who Agrees to Forfeit His Ticket for the APC Candidate is Currently Being Given N50 Million, and the House of Reps Will Be Given N200 Million With a Car - Galadima

President Tinubu and all his governors are afraid of contest; they want to… pic.twitter.com/OWZQjFeA3g

— ARISE NEWS (@ARISEtv) October 6, 2026

Una still they get hope for this govt?
This is just election campaign strategy. Una go wait tire.
Please get your pvc ready and vote out incompetency.

Hahahaha.una go wait tire.

The same packaged fraud promised you 24hrs electricity.

The same monumental failure promised to secure your lives and properties.

The colossal disaster promised to provide good health care system and improve your general wellbeing.

The list of his empty promises goes on and on. But, today that disaster is still campaigning to so he can continue to wreck more havoc to the economy.

Believe APC government at your own peril. A PARTY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN

Lying liar.

Caught again, pants on fire.

Nigerians, is this the president you want? One who lies to you at every turn?

E don too many so tey his words have no meaning anymore.

Just kick him out and get someone with some integrity and class abeg!

Story!


Tinubu supporters are already fulfilling their mandate and calling in suffering.


No going back for them in their suffering journey.




🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bubu was a saint, Jonathan was an angel, for where Jagaban dey.

Bandit Bandit Bandit Bandit

Haha make una no lose weight as una dey wait ooo

adenigga:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/06/nigerians-await-cheaper-transport-fares-as-tinubus-october-1-deadline-passes

Why does lying feel so normal for a President. Dino said the only truth about Tinubu is his male genital.

what about the CNG busses he rolled out to some states recently

A liar, propagandist and a faaake certttifficcate hollldderr from the coven of mandate snatchers and grabbers is never to be listened to or trusted

Sheuns:
The prices have even increased in some cases.
Na Tinubu una Dey believe him words.

Bola wey no get prefix nor suffix, na agba scammer walahi.

anonimi:
"Tinubu made living in Nigeria expensive. I will make Nigeria affordable again" - Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

I disagree ! Nigerians are not awaiting Anything, have Tinubu ever kept any promises to Nigeria

Under Apc we have seen Staged ceremony of;

Nigeria Airways is back

Rice pyramid

Refinery is back and working

All turned out to be a ruse, they've promised the CNG buses early year of Tinubu administration we never saw it, Tinubu govt is not pro people i hope people get the message

Hez143:
what about the CNG busses he rolled out to some states recently

You believed and accepted a lie and propaganda from a faaake guru str*tegist

For how long do you want to believe in deceit from faaakecreatures ?

Una go wait tire
That Tinubu guy na very stupiid idiiot.

I hate hiss government and his personality

Nothing is coming again afterall your pastor dey lay curse tell that your pastor to go get cheaper transportation for una. Nothing dey come again now we dey wait for for your worst.

Do your worst we wan see am..

Nigerians go wait tire for transport fare reduction.

Hez143:
what about the CNG busses he rolled out to some states recently

How many rides have you had on CNG buses since Tinubu made the ANNOUNCEMENT

It's like when he announced no more borrowing.
Why do you think our debts are increasing despite higher amounts on debt servicing?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WzbBqAWPfI

Aug 29, 2023

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun made this known at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
Mr. Edun said that the benefit of the subsidy removal will be plough back into various sectors to improve business environment for local and foreign investment.
He added that with the increased revenue from subsidy removal, various palliatives have been made available to cushion its effect on a short, medium and long-term basis.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn29b0SkCWU?si=s_-vTlCqSlykI0BX

Ofunaofu:
Report: Current Govt Added More Debt in Two Years Than Nigeria Accumulated in 55 Years

• Decries Nigeria’s debt service-to-revenue ratio

•Urges FG to declare fiscal emergency

A new policy brief has warned that Nigeria’s worsening debt profile and weak revenue generation have pushed the country into a dangerous fiscal position, with the current administration accumulating more debt in two years than Nigeria recorded during its first 55 years after independence.

The report, released by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, a Nigerian policy think tank, argued that the country’s debt crisis has evolved into a governance and revenue emergency, as debt servicing obligations now exceed the federal government’s retained earnings.
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According to the think tank, Nigeria’s public debt rose sharply from N87.38 trillion in June 2023 to N159.28 trillion by the end of 2025, with President Bola Tinubu’s administration accounting for about N65.9 trillion of the increase within its first two years in office.

The organisation in the brief titled: “Nigeria Is Borrowing to Breathe—and the Clock Is Ticking”, noted that Nigeria accumulated only about N12.06 trillion in debt from independence in 1960 up to 2015, meaning the current administration added more than five times that amount in just 24 months.

The report stated that while previous governments also contributed significantly to the country’s rising debt burden, the speed of accumulation under the current administration had intensified concerns over fiscal sustainability.

“President Bola Tinubu’s administration has added a further N65.9 trillion in just two years. To put that in perspective: it took Nigeria’s first 55 years of independence to accumulate N12 trillion in debt. The current administration has added more than five times that amount in 24 months,” it argued.

It recalled that Nigeria briefly became almost debt-free externally after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo secured an $18 billion Paris Club debt relief package in 2005 and paid $12 billion to extinguish about $30 billion in external obligations.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/22/report-current-govt-added-more-debt-in-two-years-than-nigeria-accumulated-in-55-years/

If you believe this talk, them fit use sweet or chewing gum fvck you 😜.

Correct the heading to "APC MEMBERS WAIT FOR CHEAPER TRANSPORTATION AS OCTOBER 1ST DEADLINE PASSES"

Someone is already having you handicapped on previous promises and still dishing out more promises to you.

We already know that these are audio talks

It will come; he is still busy with the amendment of the new tax law

Can anything good come out from this failed President

When u have rascals/charlatans and druggie at the helm of affairs of a country....what do u expect? All promises wil be cancelled.
Liars everywhere...believe cheap transport fares at ur own detriment.

Una dey believe Tinubu Government of lies and deceptions.

I laugh

Chucks13:
Nothing is coming again afterall your pastor dey lay curse tell that your pastor to go get cheaper transportation for una. Nothing dey come again now we dey wait for for your worst.

Do your worst we wan see am..

pleaae shutup you have nothing meaningful to say ... Before Pastor lay curse nkor

iIs the conversation just about the East, your fathrr & mother in southwest or SS see CNG bus enter since ,2023

is the CNG buses promise New, when Tinubu removed subsidy in 2023 did they not promise to. roll out cng buses since then till now How many you don enter ... some of you are just pathetic

The master strategist in lying strikes again
Only thieves and bigots will vote Tinubu

Tinubu is a complete epitome of a failure

Na 2027 them go see am, just vote first

Lies come and go, then another lie.