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Free bus scheme kicks off in Ojodu, residents recount experience

“This is a plus for us,” one commuter told The Record.

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Omon Okhuevbie
Aug 22, 2023
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A cross-section of buses at the Ojodu Local Development Council in Oke-Ira. These buses have been earmarked for a free public transport scheme. Credit: Omon Okhuevbie / Ikeja Record
A cross-section of buses at the Ojodu Local Development Council in Oke-Ira. These buses have been earmarked for a free public transport scheme. Credit: Omon Okhuevbie / Ikeja Record

Donald Frank, a resident of the Ojodu LCDA Ward C heard about the news of the Ojodu LCDA free buses intervention scheme launched by Segun Odunmbaku, the Executive Chairman of the Ojodu LCDA but wasn’t aware that it had kicked off.

On August 18, Frank’s son told him about the free bus as he had boarded it on his way back from an errand. On his way out that same day, Frank saw one of the buses on Shonola Street, and decided to board it. “This is a plus for us,” he told The Record while waiting in the bus for more passengers to arrive.

According to a press release issued by the Ojodu Executive Chairman office, the free buses will be available at the various take-off routes in all the six wards only in the morning from 6am to 9am, and by 4pm to 7pm.

However, when our staff reporter arrived at the Ward C take-off p…

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