Aviation , maritime experts others to tackle deficit in industry

Experts in Aviation, maritime and road transportation sectors will converge on Abuja to proffer solutions on the challenges of deficit in transportation industry in Nigeria.
They are also expected to create avenue for stakeholders to discuss strategies towards repositioning the country’s transportation industry as a catalyst for sustainable economic development.
The conference which is slated for today, Thursday 20th of Swptember is the 2nd Annual seminar of the Abuja Transport and Aviation Correspondents Association (ATACA), organized in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Transportation with theme : ” Financing and Development Transport Infrastructure in Nigeria: Opportunities and threats’’ with subthemes that focus on sector specific.
The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Hon.
Rotimi Chibuike Ameachi will deliver the keynote address at the event while the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen.
Hadi Sirika will deliver a paper on the topic, “The National Carrier and the Opportunities’’.
A statement from the Association said the seminar is part of the efforts of Transport and Aviation Reporters in Abuja to create avenue for stakeholders to discuss strategies towards repositioning the country’s transportation industry as a catalyst for sustainable economic development.
Infrastructure challenge has been a major setback in the quest to develop an enduring transport industry in Nigeria especially land and air transport sectors as been canvassed by stakeholders at different fora.
It is therefore in this regard that a body of journalist covering the sector has deemed it necessary to engage the relevant stakeholders and industry players in both public and private sector to brainstorm on the way forward.
The Minister of Transportation Mr.
Rotimi Ameachi will deliver a keynote address on the development in the maritime and land transport sectors at the event.
The Minister of state, Aviation, Sen.
Hadi Sirika will also speak on the state of Aviation infrastructure in Nigeria.

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