Nigerians paid higher transport fare in January—-NBS

National Bureau of Statistics has said that average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 7.31 per cent month-on-month and 49.69 per cent 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 per cent month-on-month and 32.09 per cent 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 per cent month-on- month and increased 7.34 per cent 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 per cent month-on-month and 27.37 per cent 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 per cent 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).