The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Company (NRC), Engineer Fidet Okhiria on Thursday confirmed that the free prepare journey for the yuletides has been prolonged to the seventh of January, 2024.
The NRC MD confirmed this new improvement to the Nigerian Tribune over a phone name on Thursday, 4th of January, 2024.
The Company additionally left a pop-up message on its web site which reads: “Expensive Passengers, We’re happy to tell you that prepare providers can be freed from cost from December 21, 2023, to January 7, 2024 as per the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Recall that President Bola Tinubu had on the twentieth of December, 2023 authorised a 50 per cent low cost for inter-state highway travels, and 100 per cent for prepare journeys, for Nigerians travelling to have a good time Christmas with their households.
Dele Alake, minister of stable minerals, disclosed the event whereas briefing state home correspondents noting that the low cost will run from December 21 to January 4, 2024.
Alake mentioned, “In recognition of the financial state of affairs of the nation which he’s working very onerous to show round, Nigeria President desires Nigerians to have the ability to journey inside Nigeria to wherever they need to go to satisfy their family members with out the additional burden of paying exorbitantly for inter-state public transportation.
“It’s on this clever that the Federal Authorities is asserting, starting from tomorrow, a particular discounted vacation season fare on highway transport and zero-fare by rail throughout Nigeria.
“What this implies is that from tomorrow, Nigerians prepared to journey can board public transport by way of luxurious buses at a 50% low cost of present value and all our prepare providers on the routes the trains at the moment serve at zero value backward and forward on their travels this vacation season.”
Alake additionally mentioned to attain the low cost, the federal authorities via the Ministry of Transportation, can be working with transporters, highway transport unions, and the Nigerian Railway Company (NRC).
“The federal authorities below the management of president Tinubu is working very onerous to verify Nigerians have a memorable and blissful vacation season,” he added.
“The president has already directed the police, division of state providers, the navy and different safety businesses to work collaboratively to make sure the vacation interval is protected with none safety breach in any a part of the nation.
“Whereas we want all Nigerians an important vacation season, we implore everybody to be legislation abiding, be safety aware, be our brother’s keepers, prolong each goodwill to our households, buddies and neighbours.
“We should always proceed to work inside our sphere of affect to make our nation the perfect all of us need her to be.
“Whereas we have a good time and revel in all of the social actions that include the season, allow us to additionally bear in mind to have a good time carefully.