Tinubu Launches 107 Electric Taxis, Buses In BornoTinubu commissioned the fleet on Monday around the Shehu of Borno’s Palace.
President Tinubu had earlier paid homage to the Shehu, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi.
On his part, Zulum said the move is part of his administration’s metro transport scheme and to cushion the impact of the fuel subsidy removal.
“Mr President, after you announced the subsidy removal and your consequent directive to governors to provide immediate palliative, in Borno State we decided to invest massively in a mass transit scheme,” the governor added.
Zulum said the 107 vehicles were converted to use electricity and gas to help enhance the use of low-cost energy sources and cheap transportation.
The buses are made up of 35 units of 30-seater gas-powered coaster buses, 12 units of 15-seater gas-powered Hummer buses, 10 units of 50-seater gas-powered mass transit buses, and 50 units of 4-seater electric-powered taxi vehicles.
Earlier in the year, the Borno State Government bought 120 buses. Seventy-seven of them were launched in September to ply over 15 routes within the Maiduguri metropolis and Jere Local Government.
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