Eko Hot Blog reports that an official of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has been arrested by security agents for allegedly being involved in ticket racketeering.
The NRC official was arrested on Thursday minutes after stranded passengers protested over the alleged racketeering of tickets at Ebute Metta Train Station in Lagos.
The passengers expressed their displeasure over the alleged ticket racketeering and called on the Federal Government to address the menace.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu had announced waivers on transport fares for interstate road travellers during Christmas and New Year.
Tinubu said the federal government will bear 50 per cent of the transport fares for interstate road travellers across the country during the festive season, adding that train rides will be absolutely free across the nation beginning from December 21, 2023, to January 4, 2024.
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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He said that all the logistics for the implementation had been worked out between the Minister of Transportation and the transport unions and luxurious bus owners.
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