Ogun State Government will from tomorrow through Friday, 16 February, be hosting the 18th edition of the National Council on Transportation, with the theme ‘Embracing Innovations and Technologies For Sustainable Transportation: Tackling The Energy Challenges’ in Abeokuta, the state capital.
The meeting, to be hosted by Governor Dapo Abiodun, will have in attendance the Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Alkali, as Guest of Honour, and Commissioners in charge of Transportation in the 36 states and the FCT, their permanent secretaries, Transport Secretaries, Director of Planning Research and Statistics and other stakeholders.
The state’s Commissioner for Transportation, Engr. Olugbenga Dairo, stated at the weekend that the programme would create an avenue for fostering development in the Nigeria transportation system being a yearly event.
He said: “The National Council on Transportation is a national and yearly event geared at developing transportation system in Nigeria.
“I am delighted to inform you that His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun, CON, Governor of Ogun State in his unrelenting effort at repositioning the State as one to reckon with in national transportation innovative in the country, has graciously accepted to host this year’s National Council on Transportation which is the 18th Edition of it, from Tuesday 13th February to Friday 16th February 2024 at June 12 Cultural Centre Kuto, Abeokuta.
“The state will play host to all transport experts, regulators, policy makers, investors and operators across the country, including federal and state ministries of transportation, federal agencies within the transport sector to discuss current transport issues , provide innovative and technological ideas which culminate in formulation and adoption of policies and common resolutions”, Dairo added.
