The Nigerian Government on Friday unveiled the price range
for travellers on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line route.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed that
rail passengers are to pay N3, 000 per economy seat, N5, 000 for business class
and N6, 000 for first class seats.
Amaechi, who disclosed this at the inauguration of the
Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of
Nigeria, CIOTA, in Abuja, said the rates are for Ibadan to Lagos.
He stated that the railway line will commence operation
before the end of the year while its commissioning will be in January 2021.
Amaechi also said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the
transportation rates.
He said: “We charge N3, 000 per economy seat, N5, 000 for
business class and N6, 000 for first class. The same is applicable to Lagos to
Ibadan.
“I have received the mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari
to inaugurate the Lagos/Ibadan rail project by January 2021 which will make
Nigerians see the way the standard gauge railway looked like.”
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President Buhari is approving transport rate, habba Amaeshi! how much is minimum wage again? you see how disconnected the government is from the realities on ground?
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