Osun State citizens travelling home for Easter celebrations will have the opportunity of free train transportation from Lagos to Osogbo, the state capital.
Those travelling from towns on the route between Lagos State and Osun State will also benefit from the free trip as approved by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
It will be at zero cost to the travellers.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Adeniyi Adesina, said the all-expenses-paid round trip, aimed at giving relief to people travelling home for the Easter celebrations, will stop over at designated train stations in Ogun and Oyo States respectively.
The schedule of movement revealed that the train will depart from the Iddo Terminus in Lagos by 10a.m. on Good Friday, April 19, with 6p.m. as the expected arrival time at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park Train Station in Osogbo.
In the reverse movement on Monday, April 22, the train will depart the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park Train Station in Osogbo at 10a.m. with the expected 6p.m. arrival time at Iddo Terminus in Lagos.
It is the second time the Oyetola Administration will provide free train transport for citizens going home for religious celebration.
The first time was in December 2018, for people travelling home for Christmas, barely one month after the governor took office.
Millions of people have benefitted from the Free Train Movement since it was initiated by the Government of the State of Osun in 2011. It has continued non-stop.
