…Begins Free Transport June 14
By ‘Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
The AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led Kwara State government has again unfolded the second stage of its palliatives to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy on petrol and the harshness it brings with it.
The government had immediately the subsidy was removed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced reduction in the working days of public servants from five to three in a week.
A statement on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaiye, said that his principal has approved the deployment of government buses to support movement of students and workers in public tertiary institutions within Ilorin, the state capital and its environs.
Ajakaiye informed that the bus palliative for the students covering the metropolis in the second phase in one of the measures by the AbdulRazaq administration to lessen the effects of the fuel subsidy removal on the school pupils.
The statement reads, “From Wednesday, June 14, some large buses will be deployed to transport students of public tertiary institutions within the metropolis, including those going to the Kwara State University campus at Malete. Further details will be released by the coordinating Ministries, Agencies and Departments, MDAs.”
The statement added, “The state government will continue to offer immediate support for the Kwara public as Nigeria permanently transitions to the post-fuel subsidy regime and different steps are taken to bring more ease to the people, while growing the economy in a sustainable way.”
