Moving people and goods around the country is a pain point for most Nigerians.
As the population increases, the swelling volumes of imported goods, primarily through containers from our Lagos ports, rapidly outstrips road capacity, causing delays and hikes in the delivery and cost of goods.
Key takeaways:
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Transportation of people and goods has remained a significant challenge for Nigerians living in Nigeria, with businesses now spending twice the cost of moving their products than last year.
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Unlike Nigeria, countries like South Africa synergise their port and rail network system to efficiently transport goods to inner suburbs within and across other countries, earning them significantly higher rankings in logistics performance.
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Nigeria should consider adopting a similar approach. However, the potential success of merging Nigeria’s port and rail lines will require enacting laws and buy-ins from state governments, including private sector efforts to make transport services more efficient.
As such, the
