Enugu state governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has offered indigenes of the state living in other parts of the country a free transportation home to celebrate the festive season with their loved ones.
The Managing Director of Enugu State Transport Company ENTRACO, Bob Itanyi, who made the announcement on Wednesday said the move for the free transportation home for all interested indigenes of Enugu state was borne out of the governor’s magnanimity and enduring resolve to ameliorate the sufferings of the people of the state as well as give them a sense of belonging as the true heroes of democracy.
According to Itanyi, the free transportation will be available for indigenes of the state living in far distance like Abuja, Lagos, Jos, Ibadan, Kaduna, Kano, Minna, Gombe, Ilorin, Sokoto, Jalingo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Port Harcourt, among others between 19 through 23 of December.
Itanyi while making the announcement said the free ride will be for only indigenes who are duly registered with the Enugu State Town Union in their respective states of residence, as the company is working with the leadership of the unions in the affected states, for accountability and effective result.
The Managing Director also disclosed that the returnees will be formally received by the State Commissioner for Transport, Vitus Okechi, the MD of ENTRACO, and others, at the former main depot of the company, opposite the state headquarters of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Enugu on arrival to the state.
While briefing newsmen about the Christmas welfare package Itanyi said “This time around, it will not be business as usual. We are going to bring back Enugu State indigenes in body and not ghost indigenes. Nothing will be hidden during the exercise. The leaders of the Enugu State Town Union in the respective states have been mobilized to ensure that our people benefit from this welfare scheme, which the state government has extended to the people of the state. We, therefore, sincerely thank the governor for this gesture, which has once again demonstrated his love, kindness and passion for the well-being of the people of Enugu State”.
