Developing A Multi-Modal Transportation System: Legal And Policy Priorities For Nigeria

Nigeria has huge opportunities in the transportation sector to generate revenue, create jobs, and facilitate movement for business and leisure. Unfortunately, over the years, we have not been able to take advantage of those opportunities largely because of inadequate infrastructure, high operating costs, weak or suboptimal regulations, limited skilled capacity, financial difficulties, and more recently insecurity. These challenges cut across all transportation sectors including rail, road, aviation, and maritime. To successfully develop a multi-modal transportation system, we first need to understand why these challenges have persisted and then proffer workable solutions. In this article, I identify 5 cross-cutting legal and policy failures. I have also outlined legal and policy priorities for transportation in Nigeria.