The Osun government says it will provide free train ride to Osogbo for its indigenes in Lagos willing to spend the
Easter holiday with their families.
Mr Adeshina Adeniyi, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Osogbo.
According
to the statement, the train will depart the Iddo Terminus in Lagos by
10am on Friday, April 19, and arrive Nelson Mandela Freedom Park Train
Station in Osogbo by 6pm the same day.
The statement said the
train would have stopovers at designated train stations in Ogun and Oyo
states to pick passengers, NAN reports.
It said the train would
also depart Nelson Mandela Freedom Park in Osogbo on Monday, April 22,
by 10am and arrive at Iddo Terminus in Lagos by 6pm the same day.
The
statement said this would be the second time the new administration in
the state would be providing free train transport for Osun indigenes in
Lagos coming home for religious celebration.
It said hundreds of
indigenes had benefitted from the free train ride during key religious
celebrations of Muslims and Christians since the previous administration
of former Gov. Rauf Aregbesola introduced it in 2011.
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