The aim is to boost interstate transportation.
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Commissioner for Transport, Alhaji Nasiru Zarumai said that the vehicles cost a total N1.9 billion.
According to Zarumai, the vehicles, each of which cost N7.6 million, would be distributed to beneficiaries at a subsidised rate on a loan, payable within two years.
Seventy of the buses he said would be released to the state transport company to augment the aging fleet of the company.
The measure is to ensure the easy movement of passengers at affordable rates.
Zarumai also said that 150 buses would be distributed to commercial drivers, through the National Union of Road Transport Workers, while the National Association of Transport Owners would get 30 vehicles.
The state government has also placed orders for articulated vehicles to assist businessmen to convey goods from other parts of the country to the state easily.
He also said that the government had approved the purchase of 8,600 canoes for distribution to local governments to facilitate the transportation of agriculture produce and input to flood-prone areas of the state.
Zarumai also said that the state government was soliciting the assistance of the Federal Government for the resuscitation of Kaura Namoda-Zaria rail line to facilitate the movement of heavy goods into and out of the state.
He added that government had made budgetary provision for the purchase of a modern train for the take-off of the railway transport service.
Culled:Dailytimesng
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