Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo
Stakeholders have called for implementation of innovative strategies that will develop the logistics and transport sector, especially as the world is moving towards decarbonisation.
They stated this, yesterday, at the 2022 Conference/yearly general meeting (AGM) of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Nigeria, held in Lagos with “Sustainable Innovations I-n Global Logistics and Transport,” as theme.
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The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, said the current global trends in transportation is engendering innovations to reduce the heavy dependence on fossil fuels, which is the cause of high level of CO2 in the air and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reduce freight logistics turnaround time and noise pollution.
Sambo, while declaring the conference open, said there had been innovations geared at converting freight vehicles to use sustainable fuels and employing advanced information and communication technologies for more efficient logistics.
He said others are implementing new organisational concepts in combination with innovative vehicles to achieve optimum and sustainable use of resources.
Sambo, who was represented by the Deputy Director, Research and Statistics, Ibrahim Muhammed Biu, noted that the Federal Government is making concerted efforts to establish critical transport infrastructure to ensure sustainable transport and logistics.
He said the ports reform programme aimed at decongesting the seaports by taking shipping and port services closer to importers and exporters, adding that measures are being put in place to ensure ease of doing business at the ports.
According to him, there has been a massive shift in the connection of the rail, road and maritime subsector to reduce road traffic congestion and increase the competitive edge of the transport and logistics sector.
He said a lot still needs to be done to develop the logistics and transport industry in the country.
He called on transport researchers and regulators to collaborate and mine innovative strategies that would aid the transportation sector’s development.
Sambo, however, lauded the CILT for its consistency in enhancing efficiency in the logistics and transport sector by developing the capacity of men and women in the art and science of Logistics, Transport and Supply Chain Management.
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Speaking earlier, the National President CILT Nigeria, Mrs. Mfon Usoro, said the conference is apt especially when the world is moving towards decarbonisation, adding that it keys into the global conversation about sustainability principles in how businesses, in particular, the logistics and transport sector are conducted.