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Stakeholders seek policies to liberalise logistics infrastructure

Stakeholders seek policies to liberalise logistics infrastructure

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Stakeholders in the transport and logistics sector have called on the government to create policies that would liberalise the sector while easing freight movement in the country. This is coming even as Nigeria recently received the delivery of 86 freight wagons to boost freight movement, especially reducing traffic at the Apapa ports in Lagos. Lagos Railway District Manager of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Jerry Oche, who confirmed the delivery to The Guardian, said the coaches were meant for the standard gauge and not the narrow gauge. “We got some bandwagon and covered wagons, which will serve freight for Lagos-Ibadan railway. We received 41 covered and 45 low-sided wagons,” he said. Meanwhile, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd (CCECC) also c...