The
Transport fare watch report for January 2018 covers the following categories
namely bus journey within the city per drop constant route ; bus journey
intercity, state route, charge per person; air fare charge for specified routes
single journey; journey by motorcycle (Okada) per drop; and water way
passenger transport.
Average
fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 7.31%
month-on-month and 49.69% year-on-year to N183.86 in January 2018 from N171.34
in December 2017.States with highest bus journey fare within city were Abuja
FCT (N380), Cross River (N303.57) and Abia (N250.00) while States with lowest
bus journey fare within city were Bauchi (N96.67), Anambra (N112.67) and Borno
(N120.00).
Average
fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity increased by 10.11%
month-on-month and 32.09% year-on-year to N1,889.69 in January 2018 from
N1,716.26 in December 2017. States with highest bus journey fare intercity were
Abuja FCT (N5,625.00), Adamawa (N3,358.57) and Borno (N3,000.00) while States
with lowest bus journey fare within city were Yobe (N1,150.00), Bayelsa
(N1,122.73) and Katsina (N1,114.29).
Average
fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey decreased by
0.99% month-on-month and increased 7.34% year-on-year to N33,055.01 in January
2018 from N33,386.09 in December 2017. States with highest air fare were Abuja
FCT (N49,000.00), Edo (N41,000.00) and Lagos (N40,500.00) while States
with lowest air fare were Osun (N25,714.89), Taraba (N26,000.00) and
Nasarawa (N26,000.00).
Average
fare paid by commuters for journey by motorcycle per drop increased by 6.97%
month-on-month and 27.37% year-on-year to N120.01 in January 2018 from N112.19
in December 2017. States with highest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were
Ondo (N200.76), Rivers (N200.12) and Bayelsa (N193.75) while states with lowest
journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Bauchi (N65.00), Jigawa (N68.82) and
Katsina (N70.00).
Average
fare paid by passengers for water way passenger transport increased by 1.03%
month-on-month and 7.65% year-on-year to N638.04 in January 2018 from N631.55
in December 2017. States with highest fare by water way passenger transport
were Bayelsa (N1,962.50), Rivers (N2,100.00) and Cross Rivers (N1,877.78) while
states with lowest fare by water way passenger transport were Abuja FCT
(N250.00), Gombe (N180.00) and Borno (N152.00). Click
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