Quick Takes

Transport Ministry, NSC to Hold Summit

To facilitate investments in Truck Transit Parks (TTPs) and enhance trade and investments for the revival of Nigeria’s economy, the Federal Ministry of Transportation in collaboration with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and Kings Communications Limited, is organising a two-day national summit on establishment, management and operations of TTPs in Nigeria. The summit scheduled for Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th, July 2017 in Abuja, has the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as the chief host and will deliver the welcome address while the Minister of Power Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola will deliver the keynote address. The summit with the theme, ‘Truck Transit Parks: Providing Critical Infrastructure for Trade and Transit in Nigeria,’ seeks to assemble stakeholders in transport and logistics sector to optimise the potentials and investment opportunities in TTPs; to harmonise and standardise truck parking facilities on Nigerian roads; adopt financial models for developing and sustaining truck transit parks; to establish the role of stakeholders in managing TTPs, among others. According to the spokesman for the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr. Ignatius Nweke, among those expected to attend the summit are some of the critical stakeholders in the project. They are: state governors and transport commissioners, haulage truck owners, transport unions, construction companies, relevant National Assembly committees, prospective investors and leaders of thought in the sector.