TOWARDS DELIVERING A MODERN RAILWAY SYSTEM IN NIGERIA

Olapeju, O.O and Lasisi, A. L (2012) TOWARDS DELIVERING A MODERN RAILWAY SYSTEM IN NIGERIA. In: Fourth Annual National Environmental Conference of the School of Environmental Studies, 21-23 November 2012, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro.

Text Conference Paper on Railway development Presented At the Fourth Annual National Environmental Conference of the School of Environmental Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Nigeria 21-23 November 2012.pdf Download (877kB)

Abstract

The present state of the Nigeria’s railway system is symptomatic of an unhealthy economy, and ridicules its lofty quest of becoming one of the best 20 economies by the year 2020 as ‘mere national phantasm’. This can be better appreciated with the knowledge that the best 20 economies which include USA, China, Japan, Germany, South-Korea, Brazil, South-Africa, Belgium, and others ,one of which Nigeria hopes to replace do not have operationally comatose or technologically obsolete rail way systems . This paper attempts at looking into the history of Nigeria’s railway system and x-raying its present conditions, expounding on the challenges such as inadequate finance,corruption,legal impediments, and political instability that have stymied its progress ,and essentially suggesting way forward, which among others include the modification of the Nigerian Railway 2008 bill presently before the National Assembly in order to unbundle the Nigeria Railway Corporation’s monopoly in developing and regulating the rail system.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering T Technology > TF Railroad engineering and operation
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Geography
Depositing User:	Mr Daniel Kumoye
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2020 10:02
Last Modified:	08 Sep 2020 10:02
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1196

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