Yuletide: Tinubu cuts transport fare by 50%
•50% cut in transport fare unworkable—NLC •Its a big joke—Transport operators •Says FG can’t decree low fares by fiat •NRC, RTEAN, NARTO to comply •As fares shoot by over 50% up PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed a 50 percent cut in land transportation fares from today, to January 4, 2024, across the country. The President also approved zero fare for train transportation in all the states of the federation within the same period. Reacting to the development, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, dismissed the announcement as unworkable, saying government cannot decree low fares by fiat. Minister of Solid Minerals Development and Chairman of Inter-Ministerial Committee on Presidential Intervention, Mr. Dele Alake, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Alake flanked by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali and the Special Adviser on Info...