From December 20 to January 5, commuters will enjoy free train ride nationwide, President Bola Tinubu declared on Monday.
The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the President Bola Tinubu.
He said the President approved the measure to cushion the effect of high cost of transportation during the Christmas season.
Similar gesture was in place last year during the Yuletide and Sallah.
Idris said, “The Federal Executive Council meeting just ended with members of the executive council commending President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for stewardship of the state for the last one year.
“Members of the Federal Executive Council also reiterated their commitment and support for his programmes and the leadership of Mr President.
“It’s a brief one today. Not many items on the agenda. The first one is the 2025 budget that will be presented to the National Assembly.
“The Federal Executive Council will proceed on recess from the 18th of this month until the 6th of January, meaning there won’t be any Federal Executive Council meeting during that period.
“Government is also happy to announce that, as we did last year, there will be free train service to all Nigerians from the 20th up until the 5th January.
“This is consistent with the President’s desire to cushion the effect of transportation, officially for the most vulnerable Nigerians”.