The 3MB is now overworked. Built-in 1980 and completed by President Ibrahim Babangida in 1990.
2. Railways to ports
Build rails to connect all ports in Nigeria. to be specific, Horizontal rail lines.
Thus you can ship to any port in Nigeria, and simply move by rail.
3. Dredge the rivers
Dredge from Kaduna to Baro to Warri and PH.
Dredge from Yola to Markudi to Warri to PH
Dredge from Enugu to Calaber
Dredge From Anambra to PH
New ports in Yola, Markudi, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Kogi and Niger States
4. 2013 data, but still relevant. build airports with data. excluding Lagos and Abuja, the busiest airports all in the SS and SE, except Kaduna.
Hub and Spoke Approach. build aeropolis in each region to serve as a hub, then let the spokes radiate.
Hangers, Cold Chain, Warehou
5. Road. really focus on the Trunk B roads, that's where food prices and availability are set.
Food is available, but not in the markets to meet supply, it's available in the harvest fields. Good roads can fix this. (with storage and post-harvest processing plants)
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"Africa accounts for up to 12% of the world population but produces only 1% of the global GDP & only 2% of world trade. 6 of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world are in sub-Saharan Africa. This underscores the fundamental need for rapid infrastructure transformation."
"For Nigeria, the ultimate solution is to provide a viable port alternative in the east of the country, serving cargo bound for the east and north of Nigeria,” says Wadey."
Darron Wadey, a senior shipping analyst at Dynamar, a Netherlands-based consultancy.
What Ghana has done is fantastic. They not only addressed the port but also logistics & the roads. Nigeria has these challenges but Lekki port & these added initiatives are really good, & helpful but things have to become decentralised, & at the moment it just takes too long.
I took time to review the economic achevements, most were "approved", or "launched" or "signed"
However a few are worth highlighing for the positive impact on jobs, GDP and productivity.
a trend
1. The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has seen total additional inflows of around US$2 billion, since the original US$1 billion which the Fund kicked off with in 2012.
Excellent. these funds went to the Morocco fertalizer deal. CAPEX and Savings, local jobs
2. 156km Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail nearing completion. 327km Itakpe-Warri Standard Gauge Rail completed and commissioned.
Excellent, aids productivity, extends roads life, opens up commerce.