Yuletide: Transport companies, routes to get Tinubu’s 50% cut on fares

In response to concerns about growing transportation expenses, President Bola Tinubu recently announced a 50% discount for interstate travel on 28 sumptuous bus routes.

Additionally, the president approved 100% train fare reimbursement for Nigerians who wished to travel to other parts of the country to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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To be clearer, President Bola Tinubu’s personal assistant for communications and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed the routes that were selected to benefit from this subsidy in a recent post on X.

Here’s a full list of transport companies that are part of this scheme:

1. GIG (God is Good)

2. Chisco Transport

3. Young Shall Grow

4. God Bless Ezenwata

5. Area Motor

Onanuga provided an update today that the scheme would be kick starting immediately, and that two God is good locations have launched programme.

Here’s a list of the 28 routes to enjoy the 50% fare subsidy:

Lagos-Kano, Lagos-Abuja, Lagos-Kaduna-Zaria, Lagos-Jos, Lagos-Enugu, Lagos-Onitsha, Lagos-Owerri, Lagos-Aba, Lagos-Abakaliki, Lagos-Nsukka, Lagos-Uyo, Lagos-Port Harcourt, Onitsha-Kano and Onitsha-Lagos.

Others include Onitsha-Jos, Onitsha-Abuja, Onitsha-Sokoto, Onitsha-Gombe, Onitsha-Zakibiam, Port Harcourt-Owerri-Aba-Kano, Aba-Owerri-Abuja, Aba-Lagos, Abuja-Sokoto,

Abuja-Lagos, Abuja-Onitsha-Owerri-Port Harcourt, Abuja-Enugu/Abakaliki, Abuja-Gombe and Abuja-Kano.