But this was a far cry from the 200% which the drivers demanded, forcing them to boycott the apps in protest on Wednesday. Taken together, they represented an increase of about 15%. In the same vein, a trip on Bolt Corporate rose from N3,460 to N4,020 while the fare for Bolt Lite rose from N2,660 to N2,980.

The fare for the regular Bolt trip rose from N3,300 to N3,780. Going by rates made available to drivers, Technext reported that Bolt had instituted a fare increase of about 15%. This is according to a mail sent to Technext by a Bolt representative in response to our earlier publication of how the company offered mouthwatering bonuses and huge surge in a bid to discourage drivers from joining the industrial action.īolt had previously announced a new price regimen for its drivers following the hike in fuel prices that greeted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s removal of fuel subsidy. As Uber and Bolt drivers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria (AUATWON) embarked on a strike to protest the app companies’ refusal to increase their fares, Country Manager of Bolt, Yahaya Mohammed has suggested that his company might be unwilling to hike its fares more than it already has.

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