The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it has slashed public transport fares for Nigerians by 5 percent.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, during a press conference on the presidential intervention in public transportation to celebrate the Yuletide season in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
According to Alake, the intervention will commence on Thursday, December 2,1, and end on January 4, 2024.

“It is in this wise that the Federal Government is announcing, beginning from tomorrow (Thursday), a special discounted holiday season fare on road transport and zero-fare by rail across Nigeria.

“What this means is that from tomorrow (Thursday), Nigerians willing to travel can board public transport via minibusses, luxury buses at a 50% discount of current cost and all our train services on the routes the trains currently serve at zero cost to and fro on their travels this holiday season.”