Lagos Restores 25% Discount on Public Transport After Public Outcry
The Lagos State Government has announced reversion to the old rates of public transport from Sunday.
“The 50% rebate in transport fare in the regulated transport system in Lagos ends on Sunday,” the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority said in a statement on Saturday.
The statement informed commuters that starting “from Monday, November 6, 2023, transport fare will return to the pre-2nd August 2023 rate.”
The state Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in August announced a 50 per cent reduction in prices of public transport services including the Bus Rapid Transport, Standard routes, First and Last Mile, Rail and Ferry to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy earlier removed by President Bola Tinubu.
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The abrupt removal of the subsidy forced average Nigerian households into economic frustration, prompting the decision of some states to introduce relief packages to cushion the effects. Lagos in its part, introduced a 50 per cent rebate on transport fares.
However, Mr Sanwo-Olu has put an end to the discount programme. In October, the state government said the rebate package saved commuters 1.9 billion naira in eight weeks on transport costs.
(NAN)
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