Nigeria’s government has announced a slash in the price of public transport fares by 50 per cent.

This was disclosed by the country’s 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 intervention starts today Thursday, December 21 and ends on January 4, 2024.

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

Alake stated that President Tinubu has directed the police, Department of State Services (DSS), 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.