Nigerians spent more on transportation in March’,

This is contained in the bureau’s transport fare watch for March 2022, released on Sunday.

According to the report, the average fare for a single journey (one-way ticket), by air passengers, increased by 4.43 per cent monthly from N44,825.04 in February to N 46,810.62 in March.

This report covered various categories: bus journey within the city per drop constant route; bus journey intercity, state route, charge per person; air fare charge for specified routes single journey; journey by motorcycle (Okada) per drop; and water way passenger transport.

The report stated that air fare rose by 28.26 percent, year-on- year to N36,495.41 from March, last year.

For road transportation, the average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity per drop, rose to N3,270.94 in March 2022, indicating an increase of 5.29 percent on a month-on-month compared to the value of N3,106.72 in February.

The fare, however, rose by 35.65 per cent (N2, 411.29) yearly in March, last year.

Similarly, the average fare paid by commuters for intercity bus journeys per drop increased by 4.41 per cent on a monthly from N513.72 in February to N536.35 in March.

In terms of year-on-year, however, the average fare paid by commuters for bus journeys within the city per drop, rose by 42.17 percent from N 377.27 in March 2021 to N536.35 in March 2022.

In the motorcycle category, which was another area captured in the report, the average fare paid by commuters for journeys by motorcycle per drop increased by 4.22 percent month-on-month, from N379.12 in February 2022 to N395.12 in March 2022.

For year-on-year, the fare rose by 45.57 per cent from N271.44 in March, last year to N395.12 this March.

The average fare paid for water transport in March dropped to N890.03, showing a decrease of 2.53 per cent monthly from N 913.13 the previous month.

On year-on-year, the fare rose by 10.10 percent from N 808.38 in March 2021 to N890.03 in March 2022.

At the state level, Yobe State recorded the highest air transport charges (for specific routes single jour- ney) with N65,000 in March 2022, followed by Kebbi with N 59,874.42. Ekiti had the least fare with N38,953.75 followed by Enugu with N39,620.80.

For intercity bus travel (state route charged per person fare) in March 2022, the highest fare was recorded in Abuja with N5,000 followed by Adamawa with N4,233.33.

The least fares were recorded in Edo with N1,883.33 followed by Bayelsa State with N 1,944.44.

In terms of intercity bus journey (per drop constant route), Zamfara recorded the highest with N805.33 followed by Taraba State with N700.0.

On the other hand, Benue State recorded the lowest fares with N400.0 followed by Anambra State with N403.57.

In March 2022, Lagos state had the highest motorcycle transport fare with N618.38 followed by Kwara with N614.75.

The least fare was recorded in Anambra with N191.11 followed by Kebbi with N205.63.

Similarly, water transport fare was highest in Rivers state with N2,900.00 followed by Delta with N2,825.00, while the least fare was recorded in Borno State with N315.39 followed by Benue with N333.33.