Subsidy removal: Ojodu LCDA launches free public transport intervention for residents

The Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, Hon Segun Odunmbaku, has taken delivery of buses to be donated for the ease of movement for residents and commuters as part of the palliative measures of his administration to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal on the people of Ojodu and environs.

In a statement byBello Akinkunmi Yakub, Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman, Hon. Segun Odunmbaku, while taking delivery of the first batch of buses, said they would be distributed to ply community routes across Ojodu LCDA and convey passengers free of charge as his administration is working with other tiers of government to provide more palliative measures to reduce the effects of the fuel subsidy removal on the people.

“As a government committed to the welfare of its people, we aim to provide more palliative measures to our people through access to free transportation, food banks, and free GCE/Jamb Forms to alleviate the conditions of our people,” said Odunmbaku.

“We also implore Nigerians to be patient with the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as it takes bold reforms to reposition the country economically as the benefits would soon materialize for long-term socioeconomic development” He concluded.