Fuel: Minister, gov, operators head for Transport Summit to seek solutions

Fuel: Minister, gov, operators head for Transport Summit to seek solutions 

*Organisers unveil guest discussants

 

As Nigerians grapple with the realities of fuel subsidy removal and its ripple effects, Minister of Transportation Senator Sai’du Ahmed Alkali, will lead stakeholders in the transport sector to a solution-based national discourse tagged ‘2024 Nigeria Transport Summit’.

According to the organisers of the programme, Transportation Correspondents Association of Nigeria, the event holding on October 17, 2024 at Radisson Hotel, Lagos, will bring together critical stakeholders to brainstorm on the need for all modes of transport to work in harmony to avoid over reliance on road transportation.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chairman, Transportation Correspondents Association of Nigeria (TCAN), Yinka Aderibigbe, and Chairman, Local Organising Committee, Rasheed Bisiriyu.

Other personalities that have indicated willingness to participate in the event are Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, as Keynote Speaker.

It also said speakers drawn from the transport industry and academia would present papers during the one day event with the theme, “Intermodal Transport: Prospects and Challenges”.

The paper presentations will dissect issues bordering on waterways transportation and hazards, cargo evacuation processes from the ports, multimodal accident investigations, among other transport-related issues.

Some of those listed as key discussants are Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi; Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria; Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) Engr. Abimbola Akinajo; and Director General, Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Capt. Alex Barde (Jnr.).

Others are National President of Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria, Olusegun Obayendo; Lagos Area Manager of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Engr. Sarat Braimah; former military commandant at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Group Capt. John Ojikutu (retd.) and Deputy President of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr Olusegun Musa.

The association noted that for the nation to come out of the present economic quagmire, the potential of the transportation sector must be well harnessed through intermodal operation in line with the global best practice.