As fuel scarcity continues to bite harder, motorists and commuters across the country are lamenting the hike in transportation fares. A survey conducted yesterday by New Telegraph across the country showed that transport fares have been increased. A visit by New Telegraph’s correspondent to the popular NTA Motor Park located at Yakubu Gowon Way in Jos yesterday showed that transport fares have drastically increased.

An official of the NTA Park, Mr. Austine Robert, attributed the increase in fares to the fuel scarcity. “The transporters held a meeting and decided on the increase in fares. This is not a good decision, but there is nothing we can do since drivers find it difficult to get fuel. We buy a litre at N180, N190. So, we can’t continue with the normal transport fare,” he said. The transport fare from Jos to Abuja is N2,000 against N1,500; Jos to Kaduna goes for N2,000 against the usual N1,600 and Jos to Lafia is N1,300 against N1,000. Other places like Jos-Bauchi is N1,000 against N700 and Jos to Minna is N2,500 against N1,800. A passenger, Mr. Jericho Robert, who was travelling from Jos to Lafia, in an interview with New Telegraph, expressed sadness over the development. He said: “I paid N1,300 today to Lafia as against the usual N1,000 we used to pay.


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