Tag: TRANSPORT

Kaduna-Abuja highway: Transport employers commend Gov. Sani’s intervention

Aminu Imam
KD Abuja road

Transport operators and their employees have expressed renewed optimism about the speedy completion of the Abuja–Kaduna–Kano expressway, following the intervention of Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani. In an issued statement yesterday, the Kaduna State chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Hon. Adamu Zubairu Jalaludeen, praised Governor Sani for meeting with the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, to fast-track the completion of the project. Jalaludeen, who also serves as RTEAN’s North-West vice-president, described the expressway as a major gateway to the North-West and North-East geo-political…

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FG announces free train rides for Nigerians from Dec. 20 to Jan. 5

Aminu Imam
FG on free train rides

The Federal Government has announced a free train ride for any Nigerian wishing to travel to celebrate the Christmas festivities. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the announcement yesterday, while briefing journalists on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. He noted that the free train ride will commence from 20th December, 2024, and end on 5th January, 2025. According to Idris, Nigerians can access the train rides on all the routes where train services are currently being rendered.

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Appeal Court declares Baruwa NURTW president, as Oluomo loses

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NURTW Oluomo loses

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has confirmed Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa as the legitimate president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW). The decision upholds an earlier judgment of the National Industrial Court delivered on March 11, 2024, which recognised Baruwa as the unions president. A three-member panel comprising Justices Hamma Akawu Barka, Nnamdi Dimgba, and Asmau Ojuolape Akanbi dismissed the appeal filed by Najeem Usman Yasin, Tajudeen Agbede, and others, ruling that the appeal lacked merit. It therefore upheld the industrial courts decision, which validated Baruwas presidency.…

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“Transport fares becoming unaffordable”, FCT residents cry out

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FCT residents on transport

Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried increased transport fares, which have limited their movement around the city centre. Some of the residents who spoke to newsmen, said that one of the greatest challenges they encountered was the non-availability of fuel despite its increased cost. According to them, fuel is not readily available at many filling stations, leading to artificial scarcity and panic, thus increasing the cost of transportation. They reiterated their appeal to the Federal Government and other authorities to urgently intervene, sayibg Nigerians were suffering…

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Subsidy removal pushes transport industry into recession

Aminu Imam

Nigerias transport and storage industry shrank for the second time in the third quarter of 2023, entering a recession for the first time in 30 months, largely on the back of petrol subsidy removal, according to a published analysis. The latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that the sector in real terms contracted by 35.9% in Q3, when compared to a negative growth of 50.6% in the previous quarter. A breakdown of the NBS report revealed that four of the six sub-activities…

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Pilgrims Welfare: Saudi priorities transportation, health, technology

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Aisha Muhammad Ahmed, Makkah, Saudi Arabia is no doubt modernising as a means of easily accommodating and making life comfortable for millions of pilgrims who annually embark on lesser hajj and pilgrimage.  To achieve this, it is also utilising and prioritising technology in transportation and health. One of the major challenges that pilgrims face during annual hajj operations is traffic as you have a million to two plus simultaneously performing same rituals withing Makkah especially and moving from one point of ritual to another. The Saudi authorities are putting…

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RTEAN begs Lagos governor to reopen Lagos office

Aminu Imam

The national leadership of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, (RTEAN), has made a passionate appeal to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to reopen its Lagos office, following the crisis in two out of the over 320 chapels of the association. Recall that Sanwo-Olu had reportedly sealed the state office, suspended the entire Lagos state branch of RTEAN and appointed a 35-member caretaker committee to run the affairs of the branch, shortly after the isolated incidents in two chapels. Speaking with newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, the Deputy…

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Transport Ministry to tackle rail insecurity with technology, community-policing

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The Federal Government is to deploy modern technology and rapid response by relevant security agencies in tackling rail insecurity. The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo, who made this known when he visited the United Nation (UN)s Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, at the UNs Headquarters complex in New York, USA, said the decision was reached after studying several submissions and recommendations presented to him on tackling the menace. The Minister is a lead speaker on ‘Financing Nigerias Power and Transport Infrastructure’ at the Nigerian International Economic Partnership forum, at St. Regis…

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Conspiracy of Silence: Reps. summon NPA Boss, terminal operators over $753m, N1.61bn debts

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has summoned the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), and 18 terminal operators to appear before it and explain why the sum of $753million and 1.61 billion was not paid to the coffers of the Federal Government. The summon followed the Committees deliberation on audit queries raised against the parties by the office of the Auditor-General to the Federation (AuGF) over the indebtedness of about 18 terminal operators doing business in the nations ports to the FG. According to the…

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Seafarers BOT Chairman, Ramalan congratulates new Ministers of Transportation

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 Aminu Imam The Chairman, Board of Trustees National Seafarers Welfare Board, (NSWBN), Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has felicitated with the new Minister of Transportation, Engr. Muazu Jaji Sambo, and the Minister of State for Transportation, Mr. Ademola Adewole Adegoroye, on their appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued at the weekend, the Chairman of NSWBN, Alhaji Ramalan expressed confidence in the ability of the new Ministers to fulfill the vision of President Buhari for the maritime sector. Ramalan said that Sambos previous rich work experience in the…

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