Fuel subsidy: Kwara govt approves free transport for students
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has approved the deployment of government buses to support the movement of students and workers in public tertiary institutions within Ilorin, the capital city, and its environs in order to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy and the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as Petrol.
According to Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement issued, the bus palliative for the students covering the metropolis is the second phase in the measures by the Kwara government to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal.
The statement reads, “From Wednesday, June 14, some large buses will be deployed to transport students of public tertiary institutions within the metropolis, including those going to the Kwara State University campus at Malete. Further details will be released by the coordinating Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs),” according to a Kwara State Government House’s statement on Sunday.
“The state government will continue to offer immediate support for the Kwara public as Nigeria permanently transitions to the post-fuel subsidy regime and different steps are taken to bring more ease to the people while growing the economy in a sustainable way”, the statement added.
The Informant247 had on Monday, June 5, 2023, reported that the Kwara State Government approved a temporary palliative measure to ease its workers in the state.
Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole, the State Head of Service, made it known, saying the Kwara State governor and the chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed that the workdays be reduced from five days to three days per week for all workers in the state.
Mrs Oluwole directed all Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the State to immediately work out a format indicating the alternating work days for each worker under them.
However, the Head of Service, warned the workers not to abuse the magnanimity of the Governor, stressing that the regular monitoring of MDAs by her office would be intensified to ensure strict compliance.
