Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has announced a
free train ride from Lagos to Ibadan.
In a tweet on Saturday, Amaechi said the take-off point will
be from Iju, and that the rides will run until March, 2020.
He asked commuters to take advantage of the free rides
during the festive season.
“Our free rides on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line
will begin today and run through March, 2020,” he tweeted.
“Commuters on that route can take advantage of it and save
on transportation during the festive season and beyond. Let’s ride to the
#NextLevel.”
Our free rides on the Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line will begin today and run through March, 2020. Commuters on that route can take advantage of it and save on transportation during the festive season & beyond. Let’s ride to the #NextLevel pic.twitter.com/zJ0FkMPt72— Chibuike.R. Amaechi (@ChibuikeAmaechi) November 29, 2019
Take-off point is Iju.— Chibuike.R. Amaechi (@ChibuikeAmaechi) November 29, 2019
During the inspection of the
project earlier, Amaechi said it was the wish of the government to begin free
rides in Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail-line.
The minister inspected the
project in the company of Gbémi Saraki, minister of state for transportation.
He said he put pressure on the
contractor to ensure that the minor stations were completed in due course.
“We know that by January next
year, they are going to finish both the minor and major stations so that we can
move on,” Amaechi had said.
“They need to increase their
speed. They reduced their speed within the period the government dissolved the
last cabinet.
“Now that we are back, my
colleague, the minister of state, and I had resolved to push back the pressure
to ensure early completion.
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