The Osun State Government has promised to provide free train service for its citizens who would be travelling to Osogbo from Lagos for the Eid-el-Kabir festival.

This was said in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo by the media aide to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon on Sunday.

The free train service which is one of the development in the state according to the statement, would convey people from Lagos to Osogbo on Tuesday and Wednesday at 11am. It stated that the return journey to Lagos from Osogbo would be on Sunday, September 27, at 11am.

It noted that the state government had, since 2011, been making such similar arrangements for the people of the state to travel home during festive seasons.

Part of the statement read “We encourage holiday makers to use this opportunity to update themselves about the developments that are taking place in the state as against the persistent negative media campaigns by our traducers.

“This is one of those opportunities they have to see things directly in order to be guided by future campaigns of calumny which our political opponents are committed to”.