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NRC, LASG, NPA, NIWA, others back Nigeria transport summit

The Nigerian Railway Corporation, Nigerian Ports Authority, National Inland Waterways Authority and Lagos State government have confirmed they will be part of the 2024 Nigeria Transport Summit holding in Lagos on October 17.

The event, which brings together critical stakeholders in the transport sector, has ‘Intermodal Transport: Prospects and Challenges’ as theme.

Other firms that have thrown their weight behind the programme are; the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Lagos Computerized Vehicle Inspection Service (LACVIS), Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Worldwide Marine Services, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and Fidelity Bank Plc, among others.

A statement issued by the organisers of the event, the Transportation Correspondents Association of Nigeria  (TCAN) revealed that the programme will be chaired by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and will be declared open by the Minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali.

According to the statement which was signed by the TCAN Chairman, Mr ‘Yinka Aderibigbe: “The focus on intermodal transportation in the maiden edition of the annual summit is deliberate.

“It is aimed at bringing together relevant stakeholders across all sub-sectors of the transport industry to see the need to form and work in synergy rather than working at cross-purposes, which might pose greater challenge to achieving the dream of giving alternative travel modes in the Nigerian public transportation space.

“Such arrangement will pave the way for greater efficiency through lower costs, operational flexibility and reduced carbon emission in a world committed to cleaner environmental impact that will ultimately benefit all.

“A panel of discussants featuring some relevant members of the intelligentsia, heads of prominent agencies/parastatsls and organisations will speak to the sub-themes of the summit around railway, road, inland waterways and aviation sub-sectors as well as safety of operations in the nation’s transportation industry.”

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