Transports fares to various parts of the country remained high about one week President Goodluck Jonathan     announced a reduction in the pump price of petrol from N141 to N97 per litre.

Our correspondent 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 our correspondent that they were paying N4,700 as against N3,200 charged before the pump price increase, while those travelling by car paid N5,000.

Our correspondent 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.

Passengers travelling to Ilorin by car paid N5,000, up from N2,500.

Our correspondent 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 do 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.