The federal government has been urged to improve on the country’s transportation system by learning from developed countries of the world.Speaking with aviation correspondents at the Murtala Mohammed International airport Ikeja, while flagging off this year’s batch of the delegates for Hong Kong educational tour, the National Executive Director of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Francis Abumere Ehiguese, disclosed that everything relating to transportation in Hong Kong was organized.

Ehiguese called for a change of attitude by government officials to ensure the workability of the Hong Kong transport system in the country. “The environment in Nigeria will not allow that to happen now, at the press of a button it is happening. The energy is in crisis and once the energy is not in place, of course it will not be possible. The altitudes of our people to work and to the environment, people do not believe that we will get it right”.

He disclosed that the institute in Nigeria with the international body has put together the young member’s forum with a succession development programme to encourage and develop the young ones in the profession to take over in due course.

Ehiguese remarked that training the young ones will have a positive multiplier effect on the institute as those embarking on the tour will in return teach others.

The CILT president commended the Lagos State government for not playing politics with the institute and the tour and charged the delegates to be good ambassadors while there in order to impart the knowledge acquired to others.

Ehiguese emphasized that Governor Fashola has shown with his transformation that things will work  in the country when the right people are in power.

The leader of the delegates to Hong Kong Salawu Nuhu Ozigi, a general manager in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency said the trip will enable them at the end of the day to make some suggestions to the Lagos State government on improving the transport facilities and equipment in the state after a comparative analysis.

Ozigi explained, that a comprehensive look at the whole sub sector of transport industry was being carried out in cities in the country for a comparative analysis.

He commended the foresight and vision of Governor Babatunde Fashola in the transformation of the state especially in the transport sector adding that LASU students in the School of Transport have always being an integral part of all the developmental programmes in the transport sector of the state.

Ozigi explained that most of the research works on the mini rail between Okokomaiko  to Ebute Meta and to Badagry including the  all the Road transport research by LASTMA were done by the LASU transport students.

According to Ozigi, the trip was the initiative of the Post Graduate students of the Lagos State University in transport planning and management and transport undergraduates in collaboration with the CITL to expose the students in educational tour of transport facilities in Hong Kong.

Twelve delegates are attending the Hong Kong educational tour and are expected to be back next week