Ekiti to cut transport fare by 50%, rolls out 15 CNG buses

Speaking on the deployment of the buses, the Director-General of the Ekiti State Transportation Agency, Tajudeen Akingbolu, said routes had been mapped out for the CNG buses to operate from Ado Ekiti to Lagos, Ibadan, Onitsha and Abuja, adding that the initiative would provide residents with more affordable and reliable interstate transportation while reducing the burden of high transport fares.

He added that the state has begun cutting transport fares by 59 per cent through the roll-out of 15 CNG buses donated by the federal government as part of efforts to promote affordable and accessible public transportation.“The President charged all state governors that by 1 October, we should find a way of reducing transportation cost because most of the implications we are witnessing, transportation contributes a lot to it, and what we have done today is just the pilot: 15 CNG buses, which are going to be distributed to the unions, and the agency will manage it.