The Federal Government has said it has slashed public transport fares for Nigerians by 50 per cent.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Solid Minerals, DELE ALAKE, during a press conference on the presidential intervention in public transportation to celebrate the Yuletide season in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

According to ALAKE, the special discounted holiday season fare on road transport and zero-fare by rail across Nigeria will commence today and end on January 4, 2024.

The Minister explained that this means that from today, Nigerians willing to travel can board public transport via luxury buses at a 50 per cent discount of current cost and all train services on the routes the trains currently serve at zero cost to-and-fro on their travels this holiday season.

However, the minister said air travel was excluded from the initiative because the initiative is targeted at the masses.

He noted that President BOLA TINUBU approved of the gesture in the demonstration of his love for Nigerians.

ALAKE stated that President TINUBU has directed the police, Department of State Services, the military and other security agencies to work collaboratively to ensure the holiday period is safe without any security breach in any part of the country.