Yuletide: Tinubu Copies Aregbesola’s Legacy, Announces Free Train Ride

In what appears to be a copy of the model of the former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, President Bola Tinubu has approved free train rides nationwide from December 20, 2024, to January 5, 2025.

This is part of measures to ease transportation costs during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told State House correspondents in Abuja.

He explained, “As we did last year, there will be free train service to all Nigerians from December 20 up until January 5, free train service nationwide.

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“This is consistent with the President’s desire to cushion the effect of transportation, especially to the most vulnerable Nigerians.

“Recall that this also happened in the last Christmas period and the Sallah period. And the President has also approved that this year.”

The Osun Free Train Model

Osun Defender recalls that the free train rides programme was started by Ogbeni Rauf Aregebesola in 2011 during his tenure as the governor of Osun.

The Aregbesola administration said the free train ride was to facilitate easy movement during all festivities, covering Easter, Christmas, New Year, and the two Islamic Eids for indigenes of the state who wished to travel home.