As petrol scarcity bites harder in Kano metropolis, commercial tricycle operators, yesterday, increased fares by about 70 per cent.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the petrol scarcity had reduced the number of tricycle operators, popularly known as “Yan’adaidaita”, on the roads.
NAN reports that some of the operators now charged between N150 and N200 on some intra city routes against the previous N100.
Commuters going to Sabon Gari from Rijiyar Zaki pay between N250 and N300 against the former fare of N200.
One of the operators, Isa Umar, said the petrol scarcity had seriously affected his business, and that he was operating at a loss.
“I filled my tricycle’s tank with N1, 000 before the fuel scarcity, but now I fill it up with N1, 700, and I hardly recover my money.
“I prefer to buy fuel from the black market because you will not waste time,” he said.
Some motorists, who spoke to NAN appealed to the Federal Government to urgently do something before the situation would cripple economic activities.
