BENIN CITY - A Fifty-nine seater bus donated
to Edo State by the Federal Government under its subsidy removal
palliative was yesterday presented to the State Governor, Comrade Adams,
Oshiomhole.
Receiving the bus donated through the National Union
of Road Transport Worker (NURTW) on behalf of the Governor, the
Commissioner for Transport, Hon. Victor Enoghama appreciated the gesture
of the Federal Government which he said would go a long way to
ameliorating the transportation problem of the people.
He noted that the Edo State Government had also put
its own palliatives in place to cushion the effect of the oil subsidy
removal on the people of the State, adding that plans were on to procure
another one hundred air conditioned Comrade buses for intra and
inter-city services.
The State Chairman of the National Union of Road
Transport Workers, Chief Odion Olaye said the fare for the bus would be
the same as charged by the Comrade Buses, that is, N40 for adult and N20
for students in uniform.
According to Chief Olaye, the bus will operate within the Benin metropolis adding that when the remaining nine are delivered, they would be assigned to other senatorial districts.
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