The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, has announced that it will discontinue the 50 percent discount on public transportation facilities in the State to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.
This was disclosed in a statement released on Saturday on the LAMATA’s X handle, formally twitter.
The agency asked citizens to be aware of the change and to make the appropriate preparations for the return of regular transit fare rates that were in place prior to the August adjustment.
The statement partly read: “The 50% rebate in transport fares in the regulated transport system in Lagos ends on Sunday,
“The public is hereby informed that from Monday, November 6, 2023, transport fares will return to the pre-2nd August 2023 rate”.
Recall that in a bid to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal, the State Government under Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in August slashed the costs of transportation of all State-owned transport systems by 50 percent.
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