Eid-el-Kabir: Aregbesola offers indigenes free round-trip train ride from Lagos to Osun
Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada 
The Osun State Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Mr. Ismail Alagbada, has announced that the free train ride for 2017 Eid-el-Kabir will start on Wednesday.
This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon.
The commissioner said the gesture was in furtherance of Governor Rauf Aregbesola administration’s commitment to the welfare of the people.
He said the free train would move from Lagos to Osogbo twice, and would operate only one trip back to Lagos after the sallah celebration.
The statement, “The first train moves from Lagos on Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 at exactly 10am from the Iddo Terminus, Lagos, enroute our usual Ikeja, through Ogun and Oyo states to end the journey in Osogbo.
“Another one leaves at the same time on Thursday, August 31st, 2017 through the same route down to Osogbo.
“After the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the train leaves Osogbo on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 for Lagos. This we have concluded as the plan for this year’s Eid-el-Kabir festival.
“This is one of the social protection projects of the Aregbesola administration and since we commenced this more than six years ago, we have not looked back.
“Even in the face of very harsh financial constraints, we have striven to keep this offer going, convinced that it has offered great opportunities for our people and helped their finances as well.”
