Eid-el-Fitr: Osun State Government to provide free train ride for its indigenes

The Osun State Government says it will provide free train ride for its indigenes from Lagos to Osogbo during the Eid-el-Fitr holiday.

Commissioner for industries, commerce and cooperatives, Mr. Ismaila Jaiyeoba-Alagbada gave the information in a statement made available to newsmen.

Jaiye-Oba Alagbada says the free train would leave Iddo terminus in Lagos to Osogbo on Saturday and return to Lagos on Tuesday. He explains that the train would also pick passengers along Ogun and Oyo corridors.

The commissioner stressed that the service was in continuation of the commitment of Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration to making life more meaningful for the people during the festival.

He urges indigenes of the state who wish to come home to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr to make use of the opportunity of the free train service.