{"id":17697,"date":"2020-06-02T09:21:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17697"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:21:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:21:36","slug":"covid-19-rivers-govt-inaugurates-free-bus-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17697","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Rivers govt inaugurates free bus scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wike.-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/this-is-not-the-rivers-state-of-our-dreams-like-gov-wike-amaechi-begs-for-forgiveness\/\">Rivers State<\/a>&nbsp;government has inaugurated a COVID-19 Free Bus Scheme to cushion the effect of the pandemic on residents and visitors to the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Sunny Ejekwu, who commissioned the scheme in Port Harcourt, said the buses would ply Obio\/Akpor, Port Harcourt, Oyigbo and Eleme local government areas of the state as a pilot scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ejekwe commended Governor Nyesom Wike for the initiative, adding that the 28 luxury buses would operate in line with advisories on social distancing, use of hand sanitiser and wearing of face masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, the buses will pick and discharge passengers at designated bus stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/fight-against-bandits-zamfara-pdp-disagrees-with-commissioner-says-buhari-has-done-well\/\">Commissioner<\/a>&nbsp;for Information and Communications, Mr. Paulinus Nsirim, described the free bus scheme as \u201ca gift you get from a compassionate and visionary leader.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Rivers State&nbsp;government has inaugurated a COVID-19 Free Bus Scheme to cushion the effect of the pandemic on residents and visitors to the state. The state Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Sunny Ejekwu, who commissioned the scheme in Port Harcourt, said the buses would ply Obio\/Akpor, Port Harcourt, Oyigbo and Eleme local government areas of the state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19: Rivers govt inaugurates free bus scheme &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17697\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17697#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"COVID-19: Rivers govt inaugurates free bus scheme\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COVID-19: Rivers govt inaugurates free bus scheme &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17697","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17697#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"COVID-19: Rivers govt inaugurates free bus scheme"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=17\" rel=\"category\">Travel<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The&nbsp;Rivers State&nbsp;government has inaugurated a COVID-19 Free Bus Scheme to cushion the effect of the pandemic on residents and visitors to the state. 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