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2016: Analysing Nigeria’s Transport System

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2016: Analysing Nigeria’s Transport System

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing…

mms plusJanuary 14, 2016

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Dikko’s Manhunt: Lessons For Nigerian CEOs

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been very busy in its quest to track down corrupt fellows lately…

Buhari Ensuring “Rule of Law” Falls Apart

mms plusJanuary 7, 2016

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Buhari Ensuring “Rule of Law” Falls Apart

A Lesson For Nigerian CEOs The expression “things fall apart” has been popularized since Africa’s literary giant and master storyteller…

The Nigerian Shipping Sector: The Potentials And The Headway

mmsplusDecember 18, 2015

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The Nigerian Shipping Sector: The Potentials And The Headway

The Nigeria shipping sector today is seen as a veritable tool for the growth of the nation’s economy. The sector…

Fighting Smugglers: Black Yuletide Or Field Day?

mms plusDecember 9, 2015

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Fighting Smugglers: Black Yuletide Or Field Day?

Barely a few weeks to Christmas and the New Year, tackling smuggling remains an uphill task for the Nigeria Customs…

mms plusDecember 4, 2015

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NIMASA Staff Are Rich – Ag. DG Jauro

Directs Staff give N20, 000 thanksgiving “God is complete. He doesn’t need you or me to be God. So, whether…

Managing Port Access Roads: Exploring The rail system

mms plusNovember 27, 2015

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Managing Port Access Roads: Exploring The Rail System

There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy- Robert Brady In…

mms plusNovember 20, 2015

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Managing Port Access Roads

States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities- Corrine Brown This astute adage emphasizes the need for every nation to develop its transport infrastructure which creates economic development, creates employment, enhances safety and raises the standard of living of the entire populace. In Nigeria, this onus lies with Mr. Rotimi Amaechi as the Minister of Transport and indeed all Nigerians hopes he does get it right so we could benefit from the enormous potentials the transport industry could provide the nation. The Nigerian transport sector represents around 10% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 10% of employment. In the past 30 years traffic has increased by more than 75%, while passenger movements grew by 110%. This has resulted to pollution and congestion. The roads, rail system, air and sea transports remain the arteries of a port’s economy because they deliver goods to citizens and companies alike, as well as functioning as a major source of employment. Nevertheless, the port roads in Nigeria have become death‐traps, the water‐ways a den for pirates while the rail system takes one step forward and two backwards. This coupled with the congestion of city roads as a result of increase in urban population gives rise to a call for a new transport order. Let’s take a cursory look at ways of creating comprehensive urban development and transport policies…