CIOTA Describes Transport Sector as Blind due to Absence of Policy

The President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA), Prince Segun Obayendo, has described Nigeria’s transport sector as a blind sector because of the absence of a policy.
Daily Trust reports that over the last decade, the federal government has dilly-dallied on the National Transport Policy despite having a draft in place.
A former minister of Transport, Sambo Muazu, had promised that the policy would be ready in 2023. This was not achieved.
A former minister of Transport, Sambo Muazu, had promised that the policy would be ready in 2023. This was not achieved.
Speaking during the maiden inter-modal transportation summit held in Lagos with the theme, “Intermodal Transport: Prospects and Challenges,” Obayendo declared that operators had been operating “blindly” in the sector without a policy.
He stated that the fact that the sector is populated by those in the informal sector does not mean that the appropriate regulation should not be put in place.
The transportation expert, however, commended the Lagos State Government for being the only sub-national to come up with a transportation policy.
He said, “We need to give it to Lagos State for being the first state to have come up with a transport policy. At the federal level, we are still struggling. The national policy came, drafted, we are yet to sign it into operation.

Source:dailytrust.com

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