SPUTTON debuts to deepen Nigerian’s online booking services

Sputt Integrated Services Limited, a business development services provider, has introduced SPUTTON, a unique, innovative and revolutionary service in road travel across Nigeria and the West African sub-region tailored towards enhancing bus travel operations, advance booking and reservation, e-ticketing and fare collection.

SPUTTON provides a one-stop solution (as an aggregator) for road travellers to book, pay for and obtain their travel tickets electronically at anytime and anywhere, thus providing a more convenient means of buying travel tickets.

Napoleon Omomila, CEO/managing director, at the launch of the online platform in Lagos, recently, said ”our platform provides two key complementary services: Bus Service Management System and Online Ticket Booking and Travel Reservation System.

”This integrated system is a direct answer to the yearnings of a growing number of transport owners and operators who desire a one-stop, integrated and robust road travel management system that improves efficiency and increase revenues.”

According to him, our unique platform not only simplifies planning, scheduling and managing buses for the travel operators, it also provides a safe, fast, secure and convenient mode of on-line payment and fare collection.

With SPUTTON’s integrated approach, road travel operators can now offer their passengers centralised ticket booking and reservation service and easily manage advance bookings.

”For the road traveller (those travelling by public transportation), booking, paying and obtaining travel tickets can be quite challenging. With SPUTTON Online Ticket Booking and Travel Reservation System, passengers can book and pay for travel tickets to and fro any route within the country as well as some W/A countries in advance from anywhere.

”Passengers can also pre-select their seats, thereby reducing the amount of time they need to spend at the park. Additionally, road travellers don’t have to go through: Stress of purchase of tickets at point of departure; Time wasting or queuing at payment points; Not getting preferred and comfortable seat; Hike in price at point of embarkment, and Harassments by touts. Passengers can now enjoy the benefits of stress-free road travel,” he said.

Charles Kanu, chief operating officer of the company, said ”the platform provides users to review their experiences in order to improve its services. The reviews offer opportunity to educate the operators on what and where to improve service delivery.

”We know that the lower your rating, the less people would sign into the platform. We know also we have a role to play to help the users to consistently use the platform. The more people come to the platform to see the reviews from other users, the more improvement that is bound to occur on the platform.”

Talking about why travellers should use SPUTTON, Kebiru Momodu, the company’s chief financial officer, said with more than 1,000 bus routes spread across Nigeria and beyond, and integration with leading bus operators, ”SPUTTON is uniquely positioned to deliver first-class service that meets the yearnings of bus travel operators and road travellers.

”SPUTTON’s online bus reservation system is simpler and smarter, safe and secure and provides you with a wide range of facilities, right from choosing your pickup and drop-off point to your preferred choice of seat. You can also choose from the widest range of top quality buses.

“Our electronic payment platform is easier too – you can use either debit or credit cards for online payment. What is more, in case of any change in your travel plan, bus tickets purchased in advance can be rescheduled or cancelled.”