President Bola Tinubu has approved a two-month free ride on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, FCT minister Nyesom Wike says.
Mr Wike disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday during the ministerial sectoral update on the performance of Mr Tinubu’s administration in the last year.
He said Tinubu would inaugurate the metro line on May 27 and open it for public use for free in the first two months.
The FCT minister explained that although the immediate past administration commissioned the Abuja Rail Mass Transit system building, the services were not rendered to the public.
The minister said the current administration had rehabilitated the system and would be inaugurated for commercial operations.
Mr Wike also said there was no access road to all the train stations, a development he said had impeded the commercial operation of the metro line.
He added that rejuvenating the rail transport system was in line with the directive of President Tinubu, who said he wanted to ride on the metro line.
“To the glory of God, on Monday, May 27, Mr President will ride on that metro line. So, when Mr President rides on Monday, you will take your turn on Tuesday. It is for you and not for Mr president,” he said.
Mr Wike added that the Tinubu administration had also reduced the contract for training the manpower for the train’s operation from $128 million to $75 million.
This, he said, had saved the government $53 million.
(NAN)
