Motorists Want Urgent Repair of Benin-Okene Highway

 

Some motorists plying the Benin-Okene highway have called for its urgent repair to reduce accidents and loss of lives on the road.

The motorists told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin that aside accidents caused by its poor state, some criminals took advantage of the bad portions of the road to rob travelers.

Nigeria's Aviation Sector Is Collapsing - Minister

The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has said that the aviation sector is collapsing but the federal government is determined to revamp the sector to meet international standard.

Sirika said this when Guillemette Jaffrin and Bayo Oyewole, from the World Bank, visited him in his office in Abuja to discuss the possibility of World Bank providing assistance for development of the aviation sector.

Sirika stated that since inception of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, efforts were geared toward doing things properly.

Nigeria: Suspended FAAN Managers May Be Recalled Soon

Lagos — Senior officials of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja who were suspended three weeks ago over invasion of tarmac by some Turkish Airline passengers may soon be recalled, it was learnt yesterday. The officials including the Airport Manager, Terminal Manager and Head of Security at the airport were suspended by the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika in the aftermath of the Turkish Air incident of December 24.

It would be recalled that the affected passengers stormed the tarmac when the TK624 flight from Istanbul failed to bring back their luggages but the

We Await 250,000 Rail Jobs 

 
The Federal Government plans to create 250,000 jobs from massive railway infrastructure development that includes the construction of new rail lines in the country. Minister of Transport Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi announced this during a recent tour of agencies and parastatals under his ministry. He said the Federal Ministry of Transport under his leadership would from next year raise the transport sector's contribution to the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from its current low contribution of 1.41 percent.

Amaechi said even though even though it is the cheapest mode of transportation, rail transport suffered significant neglect over the years. He said the government will now focus on railways to encourage mass transit and cargo freight. According to the minister, the planned massive investment in the construction of a standard gauge rail will start next year with the Calabar-Lagos coastal rail. This new rail line, the first one in the country since the 1960s, will begin from Obudu in Cross River State and shall run through the coastal states of Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Anambra and Edo and will terminate at the Lagos port. This rail line will also have train terminal stations at Uyo, Otuoke, Warri, Onitsha, Benin, Ore, Ijebu Ode and Lagos.