Nigeria’s Transport Minister Said Alkali dropped a reality check Tuesday: concessioning across roads, rails, ports and skies is coming fast via public-private handshakes, but success hinges on affordable rides, investor trust, worker shields and zero industrial drama—not just fat profits or shiny infra.
At the ITF National Coordinating Committee’s Abuja symposium themed “Nigeria Transport Sectors Concessioning: Focus on Viabilities and Imminent Labour Issues,” Alkali (via road transport director Ahidenor Cynthia) vowed frameworks blending economic punch, solid institutions and social safeguards to spark inclusive growth—promising to greenlight top recs, as ITF boss Nnabue Ben traced the global union’s 1896 roots uniting 20M transport warriors against borderless woes like exploitation and unsafe gigs.
NiMet DG Prof. Charles Anosike (via Oyegade Adeleke) stressed weather smarts as non-negotiable for multimodal ops amid climate chaos—slashing risks, boosting chains and resilience—rallying all for safer Nigerian transport in a fast-shift world.
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