ON THE SPOT MANAGER
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As Crude Oil Price Falls: PMS Also Falls
While we bask in euphoria at the substantial compliance by fuel marketers in most parts of the country with…
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Oil Price Fall: A Sustainable Future Approach
These are indeed trying times for the global oil and gas industry, but the current context also presents a great…
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Mid-Stream Discharge: How Ship-to-Ship Transfer Aided Oil Subsidy Scandal
Midstream discharge can be described as the loading and off-loading of shipping cargo offshore as opposed to the ports. Over…
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Surviving The Ordeals Of Oshodi-Apapa Road
The Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos is a road that leads to the two most viable ports in the country; however…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Managing Death in the Maritime Sector: A Tribute To Omoteso, Damachi
“We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with…
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Maritime Extension: Lekki Sea Port
The approval of the continuation of efforts by the National Boundary Commission to achieve a significant expansion of Nigeria’s maritime…
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NAICOM, Customs: Fake Insurance
The purported partnership between The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), to rid the marine sector of…
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Red Light: Pushing Legal Boundaries
The recurring incidence of robberies while waiting for the red light traffic, after dark, in Lagos metropolis have become worrisome,…
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MY CHILDHOOD; MY MANHOOD
There is no woman who does not know a man 40 years and above – father, uncle, brother, son, friend,…
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Ministerial List:Where Are The ‘SAINTS’?
The long awaited ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari has generated a lot of debate as Nigerians have not stopped…
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The Boomerang Effect Of Buhari’s TSA Policy
The recent directive from President Muhammadu Buhari that key Federal Government organs, parastatals and ministries pay revenues accruing to the…
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SARAKIGATE: The Plot Thickens
If the current drama revolving around the Senate President, Sen. (Dr.) Bukola Saraki, the Federal Government and the allegation that…
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