Nigeria, March 25 -- Residents of Zamfara, Bauchi, Ekiti States paid the highest bus journey fares within city in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported.

The bureau, in its Transport Fare Watch Report for February released Wednesday, said residents of Zamfara paid an average of N620.15, residents of Bauchi paid N530.10 and those in Ekiti paid N475.25 in the month under review.

The report added that the states with the lowest bus journey fares within the city were Oyo N190.45, Abia N208.55 and Borno N250.72.

According to the report, the average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 2.60 per cent month on month and by 78.08 per cent year on year to N361.31 in February from N352.15 in ...