Lagos – Badagry expressway
A report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 23.99 percent month-on-month (m/m) and 14.78 percent year-on-year (y/y) to N171.34 in December 2017 from N138.19 in November 2017.
The report revealed that Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with N375.63 per day, Cross River (N242.73) and Jigawa (N250.00) were the states with the highest bus journey fare within city in December 2017.
On the hand, states with lowest bus journey fare within a city in December 2017 were Bauchi (N80.00), Anambra (N102.21) and Borno (N105.71).
The transport fare watch report for December 2017 covered the following categories namely: bus journey within the city per drop constant route; bus journey intercity, state route, charge per person; airfare charge for specified routes single journey; journey by motorcycle (Okada) per drop; and waterway passenger transport.
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According to the NBS, “ Average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity increased by 14.04 percent m/m and 5.22 percent y/y to N1,716.26 in December 2017 from N1,505.00 in November 2017.
States with highest bus journey fare intercity in December 2017 were Abuja FCT (N5,019.00), Adamawa (N3,242.86) and Benue (N2,803.85) while states with lowest bus journey fare within the city in December 2017 were Yobe (N1,000.00), Enugu (N1,063.35) and Kano (N843.75).”
