Petrol pump price reduced to N430 per litre for Okada riders, Keke drivers and others in Borno.
The price of petrol has been reduced to N430 for commercial motorcyclists (Okada Riders), tricyclists (Keke drivers), and taxi drivers in Borno state.
Recall that the Governor of the state, Governor Babangida Zulum promise to provide sucor to the citizens of Borno state by providing metro buses to help cussion the effect of the subsidy removal.
So the introduction of 70 metro buses, which charge passengers N50 per drop in the Maiduguri metropolis has made transporters continue to struggle to stay in business coupled with the effect of fuel subsidy removal.
However, some philanthropists have intervened by contracting filling stations in the State capital city to sell petrol at N430 per litre as a means of palliative against the official price of N637 in Borno State.
One Mr. Ibrahim Jibrin Mohammed, who operated some filling stations in the State, said he was inspired by the gesture of the First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, who have been supporting the poor and disaster victims across the country
