SHAME!!! Danfo Transportation More Organised Than Arik Air local Transport

I saw the above photo on Lindaikeji of how Arik Air sold more tickets than their plane can accommodate and i can't help but to wonder how many times a costly mistake like this will be made.

According to the report,over 150 tickets were allegedly sold by Arik for an aircraft that can't take up to that number of passengers. So after delaying flights without apologies, they threw open the doors of the aircraft for the survival of the fittest, 

Air transportation is supposed to be the most organised form of transportation but in Nigeria it is beginning to be the worst. I have witnessed Arik Air irregularities so many times and have seriously been hoping they would upgrade but it seems that their standard is dropping everyday and if care is not taken, they would destroy the emerging and  growing local air transportation in Nigeria.

photocredit:lindaikeji

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Transport fares still high after petrol price reduction

Transports fares to various parts of the country remained high on Monday after President Goodluck Jonathan had announced a reduction in the pump price of petrol from N141 to N97 per litre.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that inter and intra-city fares, which had risen by more than 150 per cent following the January 1 increase in the pump price from N65 to N141 per litre, still subsisted.

Passengers travelling to Lagos and Ibadan from Abuja by bus from the Jabi motor park told NAN that they were paying N4,700 as against N3,200 charged before the pump price increase, while those travelling by car paid N5,000.

NAN also reports that those travelling to Owo and Akure, both in Ondo State, paid N3,500 instead of the previous fare of N2,000 by bus, while passengers travelling to Ilorin by car paid N5,000, up from N2,500.

NAN further reports that fares to the South-East jumped from N3,520 to N6,520 for passengers travelling to Abia, while those travelling to Enugu paid N3,500 instead of N1,800.

Mr Moses Alexander, the Secretary of NURTW at the Jabi park, said commuters were not travelling as much as they used to because of the strike called by organised labour, (now suspended), as well as the high transport fares.

Alexander assured travellers that the union was ready to bring down fares if the filling stations adjusted their pump price to N97 per litre as announced by government.

Intra-city fares which had increased by more than 100 per cent following the earlier increase in pump price from N65 to N141 subsisted on Monday.

Passengers commuting between Garki in Abuja and Gwagwalada, also in the FCT, were paying N400 compared to N250 while those commuting between Wuse in Abuja and Mararaba in Nasarawa State paid N200, up from N100. Those commuting between Wuse and Kubwa in the FCT paid N200 instead of N100. (NAN)

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Passengers return home because of high fares

Many intending passengers from Gusau have postponed their trips because of increased transport fares, arising from the high cost of fuel.

Fuel prices have risen after the Federal Government announced the removal of subsidy on petrol on Sunday.

At Lalan motor-park and Sokoto Road motor-park in Gusau, many people, who wished to travel changed their mind because of high fares.

Mr Suleiman Adamu, an unemployed graduate, said he came from Sokoto on his way to Kaduna and Abuja in search of a job.

He said “because my money is little, I joined one of these trailers going to the eastern parts of the country but it broke down near Maru, so I came here to stay the night so that I can continue today.

“I did not believe that this thing (fuel increase) will start today until when I got to the motor-park, I saw people in large numbers leaving the park.

“I was scared thinking there was a security problem until one lady told me that it was because they could not afford to pay the new fares.”

Mr. Ezekiel Andrews, a trader, who said he had four children attending secondary schools within and outside the state, said he was now reconsidering whether his children would resume on Jan. 9.

“As it is my brother I noticed that even shop owners are now closing their shops and I believe they want to increase their prices and make it difficult for parents to take their children back to school,” Andrews said.

Some car owners described the situation as difficult.

Malam Sidi Kaulahi, a journalist said he would require N600 to fill his car tank at the current rate of fuel unlike in the past when he spent N3,460 on the purchase.

Meanwhile, transportation from Gusau to Kano or Kaduna which used to cost N900 rose to between N2,000 and N2,500 in cars, while buses charged from N1,300 to N1,500 instead of N600 before.

Similarly, transportations in the city experienced fare increases as commercial motorcycles charged between N70 and N100 per ride against N30 or N50 before.

However, government-owned buses charged old rates, although they carried one extra passenger per seat. (NAN)

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