By Aiyeku Timothy
Former Head of State, Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has called on stakeholders, policy makers and technical experts to create innovative strategies that can help upgrade the transport sector.
Gowon, who was also the Chairman of the 2020 summit of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria, titles ‘Building Sustainable Transport Infrastructure in Nigeria: Opportunities, Innovation and Technologies”, made the remarks in a zoom presentation in Abuja on Tuesday.
“We must embark upon an intensive campaign to make more public and private sectors accountable and performance oriented, with a view to provide the citizenry with an efficient transport system.
“We should also inculcate a code of ethical conduct, transparency and accountability into the whole transportation system for national development.
“The task of advancing the transport system cannot be left to government alone. It requires partnership between the public, private sector participation, civil society and the general public.
“Confidence and support are paramount in this campaign of building a virile transport system in our country.
“It is worthy to note that the summit is designed to provide a platform for critical examination and participation on the way forward of the concept of the economy that affects all other sectors for national development,” he said.
Gowon also lamented how over 150 government-owned buses were reportedly destroyed during the #EndSARS crisis in Lagos.
In his remark at the event, the President of CIOTA, Bashir Jamoh, said that the essence of the summit was to deliberate on how to improve infrastructure in the transportation sector for seamless carriage of goods and services by sea, road or by rail as he called on members to engage in continuous development programmes.
