Intercity bus fares highest in Abuja, Lagos, Sokoto ― NBS report

Intercity bus fares have been found to be highest in Abuja, Lagos and Sokoto states, according to the latest statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics.

The NBS’ October report of transport across the 36 states and FCT also showed states with the lowest bus journey fare as Bayelsa (N1,473.67), Enugu (N1,560) and Bauchi (N1,560.49).”

The report specifically gave the average fare for trips in the Abuja FCT as N4,376.09; Lagos, N3,073.41 and Sokoto, N3,055.12.

However, the “average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 4.03 per cent month-on-month and by 68.82 per cent year-on-year to N322.22 in October 2020 from N309.73 in September 2020. “States with highest bus journey fare within city were Zamfara (N585.34), Bauchi (N504.78) and Cross River (N431.04) while states with lowest bus journey fare within city were Abia (N192.11), Kebbi (N205.47) and Borno (N208.15).”

The report also indicated that the average fare paid by commuters for journey by motorcycle per drop increased by 3.88 per cent month-on-month and by 115.50 per cent year-on-year to N265.41 in October 2020 from N255.51 in September 2020.

It showed that states with the highest journey fare by motorcycle per drop for October as Niger with N1,476.40; Kogi (N372.45) and Rivers (N352.47).

States with the lowest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were given as Adamawa (N78.49), Katsina (N106.20) and Kebbi (N135.75).