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NRC moves to hike train fares on Lagos-Ibadan route

Chike Olisah by Chike Olisah
August 10, 2022
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Mr Fidet Okhiria, NRC, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge

Mr Fidet Okhiria, Nigeria Railway Corporation Managing Director

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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says that it has recommended an increase in ticket fares for the Lagos-Ibadan route to the Federal Government due to challenges in the procurement of diesel and the rising cost of operations.

The corporation said that hike in fares is outside its control and as such would require authorization from the Federal Ministry of Transportation.

According to Punch, this was disclosed by the Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, during an interview on Tuesday where he said that the corporation has cut down the number of return trips on the route from 6 to 2 every day due to the hike in the price of diesel.

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Okhiria, however, noted that the NRC does not want to price itself out of the market as they are competing with other road transporters who use petrol, which is not increasing at the same rate as diesel.

What the NRC Managing Director is saying

Okhiria during the chat said, “The Lagos-Ibadan train service is running, but we have reduced the number of trips on that route because of the diesel problem. We reduced the number of trips we are running because of the hike in diesel price.

“We are now doing two return trips as against six, which by now should have gone to 10. So we run just two trips now due to the diesel problem.”

On whether the corporation would raise the price of train tickets, the NRC boss added, “We just can’t increase it by ourselves. The government has to do that. We have made some recommendations. But even with the recommendations we made, the new price of diesel has overshot our workings as contained in the recommendations.

“However, we don’t want to price ourselves out of the market too, because the price of petrol is not increasing as such, rather the increase is little when compared to diesel price. And you know we are competing with transporters on roads.’’

What you should know

  • Recall that following the official commissioning of the Lagos-Ibadan rail service operations by President Muhammadu Buhari in June 2021, the NRC had fixed the prices of its tickets at a range of between N2,500 and N6,000 depending on the class of the ticket
  • The price of diesel had skyrocketed to over N800 per litre due to the disruption in the oil market caused by the Russia-Ukraine war. This is further exacerbated by the fact that Nigeria imports most of its refined petroleum product needs at a very high exchange rate.

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Chike Olisah

Chike Olisah

Chike was a banker with over 11 years experience in retail and commercial banking, risk management, treasury portfolio management and relationship management. He also acquired some experience in financial management and do have some special interest in investment analysis and personal finance. He had stints with financial institutions like the former Intercontinental Bank and Fidelity Bank.

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