{"id":112220,"date":"2024-05-29T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112220"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:59:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:59:02","slug":"breaking-tinubu-approves-six-month-free-ride-on-abuja-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-tinubu-approves-six-month-free-ride-on-abuja-metro\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Tinubu approves six-month free ride on Abuja Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has approved the extension of free train rides on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, also called the Metro Rail, for the next six months until the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The President gave the approval during his address at the inauguration of the commencement of operations of the Abuja metro rail in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com reports that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had earlier announced free train rides for two months, to ease the burden of commuting for residents of the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>However, the President appealed for the extension to offer hope to the people of the FCT and give them reasons to celebrate<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur dear landlord and his team, I heard you saying two months free ride. I appeal to you to make it till the end of the year. Since today you\u2019re not going to charge me, that will give the people hope and reasons to celebrate,\u201d Tinubu said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has approved the extension of free train rides on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, also called the Metro Rail, for the next six months until the end&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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