April 07, (THEWILL) – Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Thursday, launched a Wifi enabled mass bus transit system to ease intra and interstate transportation.
Abiodun, while unveiling the buses at the Arcade Ground, Governor’s Office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital, said that the mass bus transit was not only fitted with Wifi but other gadgets.
He said that the bus transit was established in line with the transport master plan aimed at providing efficient and affordable means of moving people from one location to another.
The governor, who spoke in company of the Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, said that his government was also developing a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lanes in conjunction with the Lagos State government under the Lagos-Ogun Joint Development Cooperation.
Other personalities at the event include Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Former Governor of the state, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, among others.
Abiodun, who said that the mass bus transit was to ease everyday transportation problems experienced by the people of the state, said that the buses would move people from Abeokuta through Mowe, Kara axis to Marina and Ifo as well as Ado Odo-Ota axis to Lagos, among others.
He said, “It is important to know that the whole essence of the transportation master plan is for us to efficiently move people either intra-state or inter-state. We are the industrial capital of this country and neighbour to the biggest economy, which is Lagos State. We see the cross border migration every day and the trouble our people go through.”
“Our transportation master plan has proffered suggestions and solutions for us to deal with this. Today, we are launching these mass transit buses. The pilot phase will start from Abeokuta and we will expand it to other cities”, the governor noted.
“This is why we have come up with a multi-modal Transportation Master Plan that we launch today. This transport policy takes into consideration the short, medium and long term approaches to the development of our transport sector. This will include road, rail, water and air transportation plans for the State”, he added.
Earlier, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, lauded the state government for operating a purposeful government, saying all the legacy projects carried out by the governor would continue to speak for him after leaving office.
