The Governor of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday, unveiled seventy buses for public transportation and ease of movement for civil servants in the state.
The move is to reduce commuting challenges for government employees and other citizens of the state, due to the removal of fuel subsidy in the country by Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, the Governor said.
Governor Zulum also revealed that “30 out of the total 70 buses will be dedicated to conveying civil servants to their places of work from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. pick-ups and return 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays.”
He further instructed the Borno Express Management to ensure that the brand new fleet of buses commence operations by Tuesday, September 12.
“I want you to ensure that these buses start operations tomorrow morning (Tuesday) unfailingly. You should however, be mindful of our situation and ensure that you bring down the cost of transportation. Let us consider it as a social service and not as a revenue generation drive,” he said.
The Zulum-led administration said it delivered 77 projects, programmes, key releases, and interventions within 100 days in office, according to the scorecard released by Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Bukar Tijjani on Monday.
The executed projects, according to Tijjani, cut across the education sector, health, transportation, infrastructure, agriculture, human empowerment, energy, water, humanitarian response, amongst others.
Governor Zulum is presently serving his second term in office as the Governor of the north-eastern state of Nigeria, West Africa.