Culled—Proshare
March 14, 2017/NBS
The transport fare watch report for February 2017 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 0.01% month-on-month and by 50.42% year-on-year to N122.85 in February 2017 from N122.83 in January 2017.
States with highest bus journey fare within city in February 2017 were Abuja (N257.50), Cross River (N223.33) & Adamawa (N200) while States with lowest bus journey fare within city in February 2017 were Borno (N68.75), Yobe (N60) & Plateau (N78.57).
Average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity dropped by 1.31% month-on-month and increased by 26.00% year-on-year to N1,411.87 in February 2017 from N1430.63 in January 2017.
States with highest bus journey within city in January 2017 were Abuja (N4,566.67), Adamawa (N3,350.00) & Niger (N2,337.50) while States with lowest bus journey fare within city in January 2017 were Kano (N850.00), Ebonyi (N750) & Abia (N683.33).
Average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey dropped by 0.24% month-on-month and increased by 27.34% year-on-year to N30,718.10 in February 2017 from N30,793.43 in January 2017.
States with highest air fare in January 2017 were Edo (N40,000), Borno (N35,878) & Cross River (N35,758) while States with lowest air fare in February 2017 were Kano (N25,227.56), Kaduna (N23,308.48) & Katsina (N21,000).
Average fare paid by commuters for journey by motorcycle per drop dropped by 0.31% month-on-month and increased by 24.53% year-on-year to N93.93 in February 2017 from N94.22 in January 2017.
States with highest journey fare by motorcycle per drop in February 2017 were Rivers (N152.50), Abia (N151.25) & Edo (N150.83) while states with lowest journey fare by motorcycle per drop in February 2017 were Ekiti (N53.67), Zamfara (N54.09) & Niger (N58.00).
Average fare paid by passengers for water way passenger transport dropped by 3.84% month-on-month and increased by 19.29% year-on-year to N569.68 in February 2017 from N592.68 in January 2017.
States with highest fare by water way passenger transport in January 2017 were Bayelsa (N1,933.33), Delta (N1,633.33) & Cross River (N1,700.00) while states with lowest fare by water way passenger transport in January 2017 were kebbi (N220.00), Gombe (N150.00) & Borno (N117.89).
