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States with highest transport fares in May 2020

States with highest transport fares in May 2020

According to the May 2020 Transport Fare Watch Report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within a city decreased by 0.56 per cent month-on-month (MoM) and increased by 26.19 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to N222.46 from N223.71 in April 2020.

Among the 36 states and the Federal Capital territory (FCT), the states that have the highest bus fare on journeys within their cities were Zamfara (N435.00), FCT Abuja (N338.00) and Cross River (N320.00). That is, the highest amount a commuter (person) paid on a bus fare for moving from one destination to another within the same city in Nigeria as at May 2020 was N435.00.

All the three states (Zamfara, FCT and Cross River) with the highest bus fare on within city journey in May 2020 all recorded a MoM and YoY increase of 6.10 per cent and 45 per cent; 1.65 per cent and 25.19 per cent, and 1.59 per cent and 4.92 per cent respectively.

On the contrary, the states with the lowest bus fare for journeying within their cities were Bauchi (N130.00), Kebbi (N150.00) and Rivers (N157.00). This puts the lowest amount a commuter (person) paid on a bus fare for moving from one destination to another within the same city across all the states in the month of May 2020 to N130.00.
Of the three states with the lowest bus fare on within city journey, Bauchi recorded a 7.14 per cent MoM decline but 35.62 per cent YoY increase; Kebbi, down by 56.90 per cent MoM and 40 per cent YoY; while Rivers recorded increases in both MoM and YoY at 4.67 per cent and 10.82 per cent respectively.

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On the average, the amount of money a commuter pays for boarding a bus for an intercity journey increased by 1.35 per cent MoM (and 13.94 per cent YoY) to N1,803.59 in May 2020 from N1,779.51 in the previous month. While FCT Abuja with N4,150.00 on bus fare, Adamawa (N2,654.00) and Borno (N2,640.00) are the states with the highest bus fare on intercity journeys; Enugu (N1,150.00), Bauchi (N1,215.00) and Bayelsa (N1,220.00) were the states that recorded the lowest bus fare for intercity journeys in the month of May 2020.

The May 2020 fare in FCT grew by 0.73 per cent from the previous month but was the same as that of May 2019; in Adamawa, it represents 0.15 per cent growth from the previous month and 6.16 per cent from the corresponding year; while in Borno State, the fare represents 1.54 per cent and 7.96 per cent growth from the previous month and the corresponding year respectively.

SOURCE: NBS, BRIU
For the states with the lowest intercity bus fares, Enugu recorded 15.00 per cent MoM increase (19.55 per cent YoY); Bauchi was up by 1.25 per cent MoM (24.62per cent YoY) and in Bayelsa, the fare represented 1.67 per cent and 24.49 per cent MoM and YoY increase respectively.
Still on land transport mode, the average fare a commuter paid for a journey by taking a ride on a motorcycle increased from N148.00 in April 2020 by 2.62 per cent MoM and by 20.06 per cent YoY to N152.11 in May 2020.

The states with the highest fare for a journey by motorcycle per drop were Rivers (N255.00, up by 0.39 per cent MoM), Lagos (N242.00, down by 3.20 per cent MoM) and Kogi (N240.00, up by 3.85 per cent) while states with lowest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Katsina (N73.00, up by 4.29 per cent MoM), Adamawa (N75.00, down by 6.25 per cent MoM) and Kebbi (N82.00, down by 2.38 per cent MoM).

For air transport mode, the average fare an air passenger paid for a specified route on a single journey increased YoY by 0.35 per cent but was flat MoM at N30,743.65 in May 2020, just as it was in April 2020. In the same month, Jigawa (N35,400.00), Rivers (N35,000.00), and FCT Abuja (N34,000.00) are the states with the highest air fare while Sokoto (N22,500.00), Katsina (N25,000.00), and Kano (N25,500.00) recorded the least air fares in the same month. None of these states recorded changes in the air fares from the previous month.

Similarly, for water transport mode, the average fare paid by a passenger for a specified journey increased by 0.88 per cent MoM and by 12.26 per cent YoY to N611.92 in May 2020 from N606.59 in April 2020.

In comparison to the previous month, the highest waterway fare was recorded in Delta (N1,980.00,up by 0.25 per cent), Bayelsa (N1,920.00, up by 1.05 per cent) and Rivers (N1,840.00, up 2.22 per cent) while states with lowest fares by waterway transport mode were Borno (N134.00, up by 3.08 per cent), Gombe (N193.00, up by 1.58 per cent) and FCT Abuja (N247.00, up by 2.92 per cent).

The prices of these fares whether by bus (within or between cities), motorcycles, aircraft or water vehicles were influenced by the price of fuel, and majorly by the COVID-19 measures that the transport sector adhered to.