{"id":38450,"date":"2021-12-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=1cec38a488f9e772758ef669bb0ecaaf"},"modified":"2021-12-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T00:00:00","slug":"nigerian-government-declares-free-train-rides-from-dec-24-to-jan-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/nigerian-government-declares-free-train-rides-from-dec-24-to-jan-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian government declares free train rides from Dec 24 to Jan 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from Dec 24 to Jan 4, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision which was made in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation is to ease movement of citizens during the yuletide\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to help ease the cost of transportation and enable citizens to move easily to enjoy the festive period\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassengers are however advised to ensure they obtain their tickets from appropriate quarters at no cost, to enable them to gain access and enter the trains.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll passengers are also enjoined to observe and obey COVID-19 rules by wearing of face mask, washing and sanitizing of hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He also reiterated the federal government\u2019s commitment to ensure the safety of passengers and trains during the period.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: Nam News Network<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from Dec 24 to Jan 4, 2022.Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Abuja.\u201cThe decision which was made&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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