The Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, has unveiled a new transport scheme for students, elderly and vulnerable people in the Surulere area of Lagos State.
Speaking at the commissioning of Gbajaride free public transport programme in Surulere and environs on Saturday, he said the GbajaRide programme is a product of determination to use the instruments of government at all levels to ease the lives of people and empower citizens to do more and achieve greater things.
According to him, access to safe, efficient and reliable public transport services is imperative in an urban environment, maintaining that access to these services, especially for young children in school, for older people, for the less abled and for all those who struggle with their income, can be the difference between succeeding in school or failing because of a lack of regular attendance.
“It can be the difference between being able to get to the hospital on time to receive life-saving medical assistance or dying at home alone.”