transport system as a Backbone for the Actualization of National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIIMP) #Sunshine2015

1. TRANSORT SYSTEM AS A BACKBONE FOR THE
ACTUALIZATION OF NATIONAL INTEGRATED
INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN (NIIMP)
By
Dr. Aminu M. Yusuf, FCILT
Director-General/Chief Executive
Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, NITT Zaria

2. MAP OF NIGERIA
SHOWING
TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM

3. Outline
• “the ministry will ensure that it
revives and extends the rail system
of transportation to every nook
and cranny of the country where
necessary, and above all, ensure that
only air worthy aircraft that are
properly licensed would be allowed
to fly in the country henceforth” --
- Hon. Rotimi Amaechi
• “let us design and build roads and
houses that will stand the test of
time……..” ---Babatunde Raji
Fashola
• Infrastructure development in the
country rests with these men along
with Sen. Hadi Sirika and
Mustapha Baba Shehuri in the
Federal Executive Council.
• The Transport System
• Transport Infrastructure
Development in Nigeria:
Challenges and Opportunities
• Objectives of the NIIMP
• Past Efforts at Infrastructure
Development
• Overview of Institutional
Arrangement for Infrastructure
Development
• NITT’s Contribution
• Conclusion

4. The transport system
• Three components and the
magnitude of their
development and management
greatly determine the
contribution of the transport
system in the economic, social
and other systems either
positively or otherwise
• the inventory of its transport
facilities with specific reference
to the stock of networks and
equipment that form the fixed
facilities,
• the transport flow entities and
the technologies that propel
them as they traverse the
facilities and
• the planning and control of the
operations and the
interrelationships which
identifies the impact on the
environment

5. Transport Infrastructure Development in
Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities
The size of the country:
• With an area coverage of 923,768.64 km2,
spanning longitude 30E-160E and latitude
40N-140N
• Nigeria is a comparatively large country.
• The country is inhabited by over 160 million
people.
• Transportation is a crucial instrument for
linking the country together economically,
socially and politically which require a huge
infrastructure investment.
Nigeria’s vast natural resources:
• Petroleum, gas and solid mineral resources.
• Abundant agricultural and forest resources,
which vary by the three ecological zones of
the country still account for about 40% of
the nation’s GDP and employs about 70% of
the labor force
• Marine resources. highly productive open sea
with abundant and diverse marine resources
within her coastline of 852km bordering the
Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea and
her maritime area of 46,000 km

6. Airport Junction, Giri along Abuja-Lokoja Road
Source: FMW

7. Transport Infrastructure Development in Nigeria:
Challenges and Opportunities (cont’d)
The growth of the Nigerian Economy:
• GDP is one of the fastest growing in the world. GDP
growth in 2013 is put at 6.5 percent (NBS) or 7.2%
(IMF) and 6.17% (NIIMP) projections
• The structure of the Nigerian economy is
predominantly primary product oriented (agriculture
and crude-oil production).
• In 2011, the oil and gas sector accounted for 79% of
revenue collected at federal level and 71% of export
revenue.
• Nigeria’s GDP is estimated to be $375 billion just
behind South Africa’s GDP of $390 billion making
Nigeria the 30th largest economy in the world from
the current 40th
Strategic location of Nigeria:
• By its location, Nigeria has an extensive coast
washed by the Atlantic Ocean and a geographically
conducive shore which provide the opportunity of
port services to landlocked countries as well as
serve as a hub for transshipment for the West and
Central African sub-region.
• The huge volume of cargo generated by Nigeria
places her at an economic advantage in sub-Saharan
Africa.
• This is why so much controversy is generated
whenever Nigeria’s border with any of the
neighboring countries is shut even for one day.
• So much depends on what is happening in Nigeria

9. Objectives of the NIIMP
• Adopt a coordinated approach to
infrastructure development
• Strengthen the linkages between
components in the infrastructure sector
and the national economy
• Review, upgrade and harmonize existing
sub-sector master plans and strategies in
the infrastructure sector, to ensure they
are consistent with national development
aspirations
• Prioritize projects and programs for
implementation in the medium to long
term
• Promote private sector participation in
infrastructure development
• Strengthen the policy, legal and
international frameworks for effective
infrastructure development
• Enhance the performance and efficiency
of the economy.

10. Past Efforts at Infrastructure
Development
1. The Federal Road Development Program,
FRDP
2. Infrastructure Concessions Regulatory
Commission, ICRC.
3. Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment
Program – SureP
4. Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility, NIAF
5. The Nigeria Infrastructure Fund, NIF powered
by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority,
NSIA
6. The Federal Roads & Bridges Tolling Policy of
the Federal Ministry of Works

11. Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos
Source: FMW

12. Overview of Institutional Arrangement for
Infrastructure Development
• Respective Government level is
responsible for infrastructure provision
on its routes
• Role of the three-tiers of government in
the provision and maintenance of
transport infrastructure not clearly
defined
• Local government manages 67% of
urban roads, state government 16% and
the federal government 17% only
• Local government; the lowest ranked unit
and least equipped in the three-tiers of
government, has the biggest responsibilities
at delivering transport service
• Very low private investment- limited to
transport operations accompanied with weak
regulatory system
• Successful implementation of transport
infrastructure masterplan can only be
achieved within the context of an
unambiguous, effective, coherent and well-
coordinated institutional framework

13. Nigerian Institute of Transport
Technology, NITT
www.nitt.gov.ng
Mandate
• Providing Leadership and Management training
for personnel employed in all modes of
Transport
• Professionalization of Industry
• Serving as a Transport Intelligence Centre for
monitoring transport & logistics Systems
• Providing facilities for the encouragement,
promotion and conduct of applied research in
Transport & Logistics
established in the year 1986 by Decree No 6 of March
14 (now CAP 116 of the Federal Laws of Nigeria).
• Long-term Professional Training
• Certificates, Diploma, Advanced Diploma with CILT
• Postgraduate Diploma and Masters in Transport &
Logistics with Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
• Continuous Skills Development
• Research & Consultancy Services
• Transport Intelligence
• Transport Technology Development
• Transport Technology Center, TTC
• Transport Data Bank

14. NITT’s Contribution to Infrastructure
Development
• Training & Certification for personnel
of public and private organizations
such as
• Shell Petroleum Development
Corporation, SPDC.
• Federal Ministry of Transport
• NPA, NIMASA, NRC etc.
• States Transport Agencies
• Private Transport Operators
• Master Plan for Integrated Transport
Infrastructure (MITI), 2002 in
collaboration with, Albert Spear of
Germany and Julius Berger
• The National Transport Survey and
Projection (NTSP) 2010
• The National Intelligent Transport
System (ITS) Development Plan
• The NATIONAL TRANSPORT
DATA BANK (NTDB) Project.

15. Conclusion
• The role of the private sector in the provision of transport infrastructure cannot be over-emphasized
and it is gladdening to note that the federal government is vigorously pursuing this through transaction
advisory services for viable and bankable major highways with business cases to attract investors
• Transportation Education and projected human capital development for sector should be
institutionalized towards achieving optimum benefits from the huge public funds already spent on
infrastructure development- Transport schools, highway colleges and plant and equipment academy.
• Data is crucial to meaningful infrastructure development. The National Transport Data Bank (NTDB)
provide the platform for all stakeholders at the federal, state and local government level to key into.
• Nigeria needs to leapfrog into the Intelligent Transport System with a National ITS Development Plan
• Strong integration/networking at all levels – Federal, State, Local Govt. and Private Sector
Participation for quality delivery and implementation.