{"id":304253,"date":"2024-01-04T18:25:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T17:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=304253"},"modified":"2024-01-04T18:25:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T17:25:42","slug":"fg-extends-free-train-rides-till-january-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/04\/fg-extends-free-train-rides-till-january-7\/","title":{"rendered":"FG extends free train rides till January 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The Nigerian Railway Corporation had announced the commencement of the free train ride on Thursday, December 21, 2023 for all its passenger services, following the directive of President Bola Tinubu<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Federal Government has extended the free rides for commuters on all train services to Sunday, January 7, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Railway Corporation had announced the commencement of the free train ride on Thursday, December 21, 2023 for all its passenger services, following the directive of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement indicated that the free ride services would end on Thursday, January 4, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This followed the announcement by the Federal Government of 50 per cent waiver on interstate round transport and free train rides as part of moves to cushion the impact of the high cost of living in the country, especially during Yuletide.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NRC has concluded plans to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/03\/nrc-announces-date-to-commence-night-trips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">night operations<\/a> before the second quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He started, \u201cWhat is limiting us is the night operations, and that is not the way trains should operate. 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