The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Nigeria has bemoaned the low contribution of the rail and inland waterways to movement of freight tonnage across the country.
The National President of CILT, Ibrahim Jibril who expressed this over the weekend at the 2018 Annual General Meeting of the institute in Lagos, tagged, “Trucks in Freight logistics: Issues in Nigeria Economic Development” said Nigeria hope to drive down inflation should not only be through cost effectiveness in economic regulation of our ports but also with the pricing of the freight for truck services.
Jibril who also doubles as the Magayakin Zauzau said that the railways and inland waterways transportation contributes less than 4 percent and 1 percent respectively to freight movement in the country.
He said, “The railway which used to contribute over 40% of the freight tonnage movements in Nigeria in the 1960 and 1970 had over two decades ago fallen to a low level of less than 4% of tonnage…
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