The Kebbi State Government on Thursday launched 50 new 18-seater Toyota commercial buses for different routes across Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the buses are meant to ameliorate some of the transportation challenges of Kebbi residents.
Unveiling the vehicles at the newly reconstructed and remodeled motor park in Birnin Kebbi, Alhaji Umar Faruk-Buro, the Kebbi Political Leader, said the buses were meant to serve the people of the state.
He assured that the buses would soon commence services for the benefit of all residents of Kebbi regardless of political, religious or ethnic leaning.
Faruk-Buro lamented that some people didn’t see anything good in good things, such people claimed that the buses were not for commercial transport but for campaign.
He said the essence of procuring the buses was to assist both the transport unions, the bus drivers, as well as the entire people of Kebbi.
The political leader appealed to the bus drivers to be honest, fair and trustworthy in discharging their responsibilities for lasting service delivery.
He advised the transport unions to always liaise with security agencies, insisting that every passenger’s luggage should be screened before take-off of vehicles.
Faruk-Buro warned the drivers against carrying passengers outside the motor park to guard against unexpected eventualities.
In his speech, Alhaji Bala Muhammad-Gagga, the State Commissioner for Transport, observed that the day remained a memorable one for the people of Kebbi.
He described the remodeled motor park, reconstructed by the governor as one of the best across Nigeria.
While commending Gov. Nasir Idris for the supply of the 50 buses, Muhammad-Gagga urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of both the vehicles and the edifice for the collective good of the state.
The commissioner assured that the transport fare for the new buses would be subsidised compared to other private commercial operators.
