The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that airline passengers paid higher fares in March 2021.
According to the bureau, fares paid by air travellers for a specified route single journey increased by 18.71 per cent year-on-year adding that average airfare rose to N36,495.41 in March 2021 from N36,458.11 in February 2021.
It named states with highest air fare as Anambra/Lagos (N38, 600.00), Delta/ Jigawa (N38, 500.00), Bauchi (N38, 450.00) while states with lowest air fare were Akwa-Ibom (N32, 700.00), Sokoto (N33, 200.00) and Katsina (N35, 150.00).
NBS also stated that average fare paid by commuters for bus journeys within the city increased by 4.42 per cent month-on-month and by 82.50 per cent year-on-year to N377.27 in March 2021 from N361.31 in February 2021.
States with highest bus journey fares within the city were Zamfara (N618.23), Bauchi (N597.14) and Ekiti (N500.15); while states with lowest bus journey fares within the city were Oyo (N197.55), Abia (N209.87) and Borno (N258.14).
It further said average fare paid by commuters for inter-city bus trips increased by 1.62 per cent month-on-month and by 42.58 per cent year-on-year to N2, 411.29 in March 2021 from N2,372.87 in February 2021.
States with the highest inter-city bus fares were Abuja FCT (N4, 576.28), Lagos (N3, 425.18) and Sokoto (N3, 380.20) while States with lowest bus journey fares within city were Bayelsa (N1, 700.19), Enugu (N1, 720.45) and Bauchi (N1, 725.35).
The Transport Fare Watch report for March 2021 covers bus journey within the city per drop constant route, bus journey inter-city, state route, charge per person, air fare charge for specified routes single journey; journey by motorcycle (Okada) per drop, and waterways passenger transport.
“Average fare paid by commuters for journey by motorcycle per drop increased by 1.76 per cent month-on-month and by 102.46 per cent year-on-year to N271.44 in March 2021 from N266.74 in February 2021.
“States with highest journey fare by motor cycle per drop were Rivers (N420.35), Taraba (N420.15) and Yobe (N420.10) while states with lowest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Adamawa (N90.43), Katsina (N147.64) and Niger (N159.20).
“Average fare paid by passengers for waterway passenger transport increased by 1.81 per cent month-on-month and by 43.52 per cent year-on-year to N808.38 in March 2021 from N794.02 in February 2021.
“States with highest fare by waterway passenger transport were Bayelsa (N2, 300.80), Delta (N2, 300.60) and Rivers (N2, 285.67) while states with lowest fare by waterway passenger transport were Borno (N250.30), Gombe (N320.15) and Abuja FCT (N350.79),” it sai
