A total of 163,878 passengers benefited from this transportation support during the Christmas holidays and the President's year-end vacation in the first 10 days of the program.

This was announced on Sunday in a statement signed by the Minister of Minerals and National Development, who is the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Dr. Oladele Alake.

Nigerian passengers in car park 

According to him, the government understands that Nigerians usually travel to their cities at the end of the year, and they are predicting that the stressful situation and the increase in inflation associated with the cost of transportation at the end of the year The year can be difficult for many citizens.

He pointed out that the transport plan for the Christmas holidays and the end of the year will save a lot of Nigerians.

President of Nigeria Bola Tinubu

On December 19, 2023, the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, approved a new transport aid program that will provide free transport on the routes of the Nigerian Railways, NRC and 50 percent of the cost of the transport of passengers. runs on 28 roads with buses under the auspices of the Nigerian Bus Owners Association, ALBON


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