The Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, approved the deployment of additional 16 new luxury buses to Saki, Iseyin, Ogbomoso, Oyo, and Ibarapa areas of the state to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on the citizens.
This is in addition to the already 30 buses that were deployed for the same purpose within the State capital, Ibadan, about two weeks ago by the State Governor.
The total number of buses now captured under SAfER to cushion the effects of subsidy removal within the State is now 46.
A member of the 15-man Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) who doubles as the Chairman of the sub-committee on Transport services, Alhaji Gafar Bello, made this disclosure while paying on the spot assessment to the Pacesetter Transport Service (PTS) where the new buses were inspected ahead of their deployment to the other zones of the State.
He was accompanied to the PTS company located at Eleyele by other members of the subcommittee, including the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Ademola Babalola; the State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Kayode Martins, a Director of Transport in the State, Mr. Babatunde Olasunkanmi.
Bello expressed the commitment of the SAfER committee headed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, to the timely delivery of the action plan con conceptualized the Governor to cushion the effect of subsidy removal and make life worth living for the masses, stressed that the committee on Transport including those of Food Security; Food Palliatives; Healthcare Services and SMEs were working round the clock to make the plan of the Governor a reality.
