Alkali, Amaechi for maiden transport sector summit in October

Minister of Transportation Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, are expected to lead other dignitaries at the inaugural edition of the Nigeria Transport Sector Summit, scheduled for October 17, 2024.

The event is organised by the Transportation Correspondents Association of Nigeria (TCAN), with the theme: Intermodal Transport: Prospects and Challenges.

In a statement on Thursday in Lagos by TCAN, the event, which will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Ikeja, is expected to be chaired by Lagos State Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu.

The statement added that Alkali will declare the event open while Amaechi will deliver the keynote address.

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“The focus on intermodal transportation as the maiden edition of the annual summit is deliberate,” TCAN said in the statement. “It is aimed at bringing together relevant stakeholders across all subsectors of the transport industry with a view to ensuring that all modes form a working synergy for the benefit of the commuting public, rather than working at cross-purposes.

“Such an arrangement will engender greater operational efficiency through lower fare costs that would be acceptable across all modes, operational flexibility, and reduction in carbon emissions, thereby reducing environmental impact that will ultimately benefit all.”

TCAN stated that it had put in place a team of carefully selected speakers to discuss the issue in focus, adding that a panel of discussants, featuring relevant members of the intelligentsia, heads of prominent agencies and organisations, would analyse the sub-themes of the summit.

These would revolve around railway, road, inland waterways, and aviation sub-sectors of the transportation industry.

Also, as part of the high points of the event, a commemorative industry journal produced by TCAN would be formally unveiled.