Ondo State Government on Thursday announced a comprehensive palliative package to alleviate the harsh effect of petrol subsidy removal.
Mr Wale Akinterinwa, the Commissioner for finance and Chairman, Palliative Strategy and Implementation Committee, announced the measures at a news conference in Akure.
Akinterinwa said that the State Government would restore free shuttle buses for students, starting from their resumption in September to December 31.
“Thereafter, affordable rates would be charged from Jan. 2024.
“In like manner, free shuttle boats, equipped with life jackets for students in riverine areas, would be provided, starting at resumption in September to December 31.
“Thereafter, affordable rates would be charged from January 2024.
“We will immediately deploy all the existing buses in all the MDAs to serve as free shuttle buses to public servants until December 31.
“Additional Compressed Natural Gas would be purchased to convey public servants to and from work at no cost to them, untill December 31,” he said.
He also announced that unconditional cash transfer of N10,000 would be made to 1,000 vulnerable persons per local government in the 18 Local Government Areas, totalling 18,000 people.
Akinterinwa further announced that all the state and local government pensioners would also receive N10,000 each from August to December.
