Average Fare Paid by Commuters For Bus Journey Within City Increased by 9.80% MoM in Aug 2018 - NBS

Friday, September 14, 2018 / 04:00 PM / NBS    

The Transport fare watch report for July 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 9.80% month-on-month and 43.30% year-on-year to N186.69 in August 2018 from N170.03 in July 2018. States with highest bus journey fare within city were Abuja FCT (N400.00), Cross River (N315.00) and Abia (N291.23) while States with lowest bus journey fare within city were Rivers (N121.88), Anambra (N102.86) and Bauchi (N100.00). 

Average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity increased by 4.67% month-on-month and 27.25% year-on-year to N1,814.39 in August 2018 from  N1,733.38 in July 2018. States with highest bus journey fare intercity were Abuja FCT (N4,600.00), Adamawa (N3,428.57) and Borno (N2,760.00) while States with lowest bus journey fare within city were Anambra(N1,200.14), Zamfara (N1,193.53) and Enugu (N1,100.00). 

Average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey increased by 0.98% month-on-month and 1.83% year-on-year to N32,330.41 in August 2018 from N32,016.22 in July 2018.  States with highest air fare were Lagos (N42,000.00), Edo (N39,900.00) and Abuja FCT (N39,600.00) while States with lowest air fare were Oyo (N23,500.00), Osun (N25,000.00), and Katsina (N25,000.00). 

Average fare paid by commuters for journey by motorcycle per drop increased by 12.27% month-on-month and 24.83% year-on-year to N120.62  in August 2018 from N107.43 in July 2018. States with highest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Imo (N200.00), Ondo(N200.00) and Ogun (N187.00) while states with lowest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Jigawa (N75.82) Katsina (N75.00) and Adamawa (N70.00). 

Average fare paid by passengers for water way passenger transport increased by 4.38% month-on-month  and  0.71% year-on-year to N564.26 in August 2018 from N569.32 in July 2018. States with highest fare by water way passenger transport were Bayelsa (N2,133.33), Rivers (N2,110.00) and Delta (N1,550.00) while states with lowest fare by water way passenger transport were Borno (N150.00), Gombe (N200.00) and Abuja FCT (N241.53). 

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