‘No Plans To Increase Boat Fares From PH To Bonny’

In spite of consistent increase in pump price of petrol, the Bonny Maritime Transport Association (BMTA), says there is no plan to increase boat fare from Port Harcourt to Bonny Island.
The association said the union had not increased the boat fare from N2,200 it was before the advent of Coronavirus pandemic in the country.
A mariner and member of the association, Comrade Johnbull Jackson, disclosed this during an interview with our correspondent.
He noted that although boat drivers fared better when the pump price of petrol was at N140 per litre than at N165, he insisted that BMTA had no plans to increase the fare despite the increment.
Describing Port Harcourt/Bonny route as crucial to the state economy, he appealed to the Federal Government to reduce the pump price in order to cushion the economic effect of Coronavirus on boat operators.
Jackson thanked the Federal Government for deploying the Nigerian Navy and the Marine Police to patrol the route, noting that piracy had reduced along the Port Harcourt/Bonny waterways.
He, however, urged the security agencies to extend surveillance patrol to all the nooks and crannies of the state to ensure safety of lives and property.
He appealed to the youths to shun piracy and other forms of criminality along the waterways, urging them to embrace God.