Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has announced the fares on the the new Lagos-Ibadan train service, which would begin operations by January, 2021.
Amaechi made
the announcement disclosure during the inauguration of the Governing Council of
the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA) in Abuja
on Friday.
Amaechi said:
“I have received the mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the
Lagos/Ibadan rail project by January 2021 which will make Nigerians see the way
the standard gauge railway looked like.
“Today I
approved the charges on passengers from Lagos to Ibadan. We just transfer how
we charged from Abuja to Kaduna.
“We charge
N3,000 per Economy seat, N5,000 for Business class and N6,000 for First class,
the same is applicable to Lagos to Ibadan.
“It should
have started running by now before Mr President inaugurates it by January.”
The minister
said that the ministry would collaborate with CIOTA to enable them achieved
their objectives.
He said that
CIOTA role was critical to the growth of transportation in Nigeria, adding that
the country had advanced a lot in the area of transportation.
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