Cash Crunch: Obaseki Grants Free Bus Services To Edo People

Beginning from today, Thursday February 16, 2023, all Edo City Transport Service (ECTS) buses are to provide free services to passengers, as a means of reducing the effect of the cash crunch experienced by the people, the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has directed.

According a press statement issued in Benin today, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media Projects, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, the directive is applicable to all routes and is effective till Monday, February 20, 2023, after which further announcement would be issued on the matter.  

The government called on the people to remain calm and law-abiding and assures that normalcy will be restored shortly.