Minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali and a former Minister in the ministry and one time Governor of Rivers state, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi are billed to lead discussions on the prospects of intermodal transport system in Nigeria.
The forum, organisers said will bring together seasoned practitioners, major industry players, regulators and other stakeholders to brainstorm on issues germane to the development of the transportation sector in the country.
Tagged the Nigeria Transport Sector Summit, President of the Transportation Correspondents Association of Nigeria (TCAN), Yinka Aderibigbe told journalists in Lagos that the maiden edition of the event is slated for Thursday October 17, 2024, at the Radisson Hotel Ikeja, Lagos with the theme: ‘Intermodal Transport: Prospects and Challenges’.
The Organising Committee Chairman, Mr Rasheed Bisiriyu, said the programme would be declared open by the Minister of Transportation, while former Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, would deliver the keynote address.
He said “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 subsectors of the transport industry to see the need to form and work in synergy with one another, rather than working in silos and at cross-purposes, which might pose greater challenge to achieving the dream of giving alternative travel modes to the Nigerian public.
“Such arrangement will pave 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.”
