Transport fare increased by 63.88 per cent in September – NBS

Transport fare in Nigeria increased by 63.88 per cent year-on-year to N309.73 in the month of September 2020 from N286.99 in August 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed.

The NBS’ ‘Transport Fare Watch September 2020,’ covered 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.

It said the average fare paid by commuters for bus journeys within the city increased by 7.92 per cent month-on-month.

The report indicated that the highest bus journey fare within city were Zamfara, N579.84; Bauchi, N492.14; and Cross River, N416.32, while states with lowest bus journey fare within the city were Abia, N188.50; Kebbi, N192.48; and Borno, N200.80.

It showed that the average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity increased by 0.36 per cent month-on-month and by 24.30 per cent year-on-year to N2,022.70 in September 2020 from N2,015.50 in August 2020.

States with highest bus journey fare intercity were Abuja, N4,315.22; Lagos, N3,073.25; and Sokoto, N3,000.00, while states with lowest bus journey fare within city were Kwara, N223.45; Benue, N274.64; and Ondo, N291.07.

Also, average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey decreased by -4.59 per cent month-on-month and increased by 20.60 per cent year-on-year to N36,884.59 in the review month from N38,659.86 in the previous month.

States with highest air fare were Lagos, N39,750.00; Rivers, N39,520.00; and Anambra, N38,950.00; while states with lowest air fare were Akwa Ibom, N32,500.00; Sokoto, N33,700.00; and Benue, N35,000.00.

It further disclosed that average fare paid by passengers for water way passenger transport increased by 7.06 per cent month-on-month and by 34.13 per cent year-on-year to N734.26 in September 2020 from N685.82 in August 2020.

States with highest fare by water way passenger transport were Bayelsa, N2,250.23; Rivers, N2,200.64; and Delta, N2,150.30 while states with lowest fare by water way passenger transport were Borno, N200.48; Gombe, N264.29; and Abuja FCT, N294.10.

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