Kwara Evolves Modalities For Transport Palliatives Amidst Fuel Subsidy Removal 

She added that both staff and students would be allowed to benefit from the free bus ride with their institutions’ identification cards as means of identification.

News Agency of Nigeria

The Kwara Ministry of Tertiary Education has met with stakeholders to work out modalities on the free transport palliatives by the government to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal on staff and students.

The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Hajiya Habibat Saidu, disclosed this after an interactive meeting with the stakeholders in Ilorin to map out the strategies to be adopted on Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s directives.

The meeting had in attendance Malam AbdulRazaq Jiddah, Deans of Students Affairs of all Public Tertiary Institutions in the state, representatives of students’ unions across the tertiary institutions, and representatives of the state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

The permanent secretary, who emphasized the goodwill of AbdulRazaq’s administration on the student community and Kwarans at large, charged stakeholders in various sectors to complement government efforts.

According to her, the interactive meeting is meant to embrace suggestions on allocating the buses to strategic routes within the metropolis to achieve the desired target.

Saidu reiterated that the transportation palliative for staff and students of tertiary institutions is free of charge, warning against extortion.

She added that both staff and students would be allowed to benefit from the free bus ride with their institutions’ identification cards as means of identification.

On his part, Jidda urged the student community to reciprocate the state government’s gesture by conducting themselves in an orderly manner to sustain the free transportation palliative.

He disclosed further that more palliative measures to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal are underway by the state government.

Speaking on behalf of the student body, the Chairman of the state chapter of NANS, Comrade Yusuf AbdulGafar, commended the giant strides of AbdulRazaq for alleviating their transportation difficulty.

AbdulGafar, who praised the government initiative, suggested that the buses could be stationed at institutions in rural areas to convey students within such rural communities.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the state government had on June 12 approved the deployment of government buses to support the movement of students and workers in public tertiary institutions within Ilorin and its environs to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal.