Fair to promote economic growth through transport sector

Organisers of Multimodal West Africa, Clarion Events West Africa, said the trade fair will provide a platform that will enable stakeholders in the transport sector add meaningfully to the nation’s economy.

The exhibition, which is expected to bring together transport and logistics experts, ranging from road, rail, sea, air to inland waterways, will hold in Lagos early next year.

The organiser, said the event would create a platform for freight contracts from over 2,500 major cargo owners and generate new leads to over 16,000 cargo owner in the West Africa network. According to the company, the rade event also has the potential of creating new business opportunities across multiple market sectors.

“Currently in Nigeria, there is the need for rapid improvement in the transport and logistics sector, as it plays a crucial role in the growth of organisation and economic development of a country. Multimodal West Africa offers exhibitors a unique platform to showcase latest supply chain solutions and equipment to decision makers from leading cargo owners, importers and exporters,” the organisation stated.

Supporting the event, the immediate past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transportation (CILT), Umar Usman, said Multimodal West Africa Exhibition & Conference has the ability to deliver more business than any other Transport and Logistics exhibition in West Africa, with the attendance of so many major decision makers from all sectors.

He confirmed that the Association will be participating as he strongly believes in the major business opportunities that would arise as a result of the exhibition.

Speaking in the same vein, the Director General of the Nigerian-German Business Association (NGBA), Jennifer Ijeoma Anoyika, whose association is a leading supporter of the exhibition, said that there were numerous expectations by the logistics sector, the business community and the general public; among which is to see a great deal of obvious and measurable economic impacts and benefits resulting from the proposed port and terminal activity expansion.

She further stated that her desire of the association is to see economic, technical, infrastructural and organisational development, and the Multimodal exhibition has the capacity of creating this environment.