The Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria has released a new price list for transport fares to 12 states based on the 50 per cent transport palliative provided by the Federal Government.
RTEAN is among the five transport unions/companies partnering with the Federal Government in the transport palliative scheme.
Aside from RTEAN, the National Union of Road Transport Workers, the Association of Luxurious Bus Owners of Nigeria, Good is Good Motors, and the National Association of Road Transport Owners, also signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government to ease the transportation burden of Nigerians willing to travel between December 24, 2024, to January 5, 2025.
Barely 72 hours after the Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation commenced the transport palliative to support Nigerians during the Yuletide, GIGM and the RTEAN seem to be the ones working.
The slash is targeted at cushioning high transport costs during the Yuletide.
The government said it would pay 50 per cent of the transport fare of the travellers, as it commenced free rail transportation for citizens on December 20, 2024.
A list sighted by our correspondent and confirmed by the National General Secretary of the RTEAN, Yusuf Ibrahim, showed that Abuja to either Asaba or Akwa would now cost N17,500, while Abuja to Abakaliki or Dutse would cost N12,500 and N7,500 respectively.
The list further showed that Lagos to Benin costs N7,500; Lagos to Onitsha, Katsina, or Lafia costs 15,000; Lagos to Bauchi or Jigawa costs N12,500. Lagos to Kebbi or Yola in Adamawa costs 20,000.
The RTEAN secretary said the areas listed were some of the routes the government had apportioned to the union.
He said the union has been executing the transport palliative in accordance with the transport ministry’s dictates.
