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URBAN TRANSPORTATION DEFICIT IN LAGOS, NIGERIA.

Lagos-The Mega City.

•Lagos is the most populous city in Africa-20 million inhabitants.

•Lagos state is bigger in population than 23 countries in Africa-Benin Rep, Mali, Botswana etc.

•Hub of Nigeria’s economic, commercial and Industrial activities.

•Contributes 25% of Nigeria’s GDP.

•Larger economy than Ivory coast, Ghana, Madagascar etc.

•45% of Nigeria’s skilled manpower reside in the city (World Bank 2013).

Click link: www.lamata-ng.com

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TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES IN LAGOS STATE.

Lagos State is endowed with international commerce, industry and

infrastructure excellence drives. In Lagos State, traffic situation is chaotic

and socio-economically unfriendly due to ills in multi transportation

modal functions.

In this study, a framework is developed for efficient utilization of

Lagos waterway system as a complement to other transportation modes

such as the dominating road mode.

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KEY CONCERNS

Severe congestion impacting social and economic activities.

Pattern of urban growth with the less privileged often commuting long distances.

Inadequate regulating public transport framework-with the poor often vulnerable to high cost of transportation.

Increasing air pollution-impacting health and quality of life

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OBSERVED MODE SHARE OF TRANSPORTATION IN LAGOS, 2013.

Unregulated buses

72%

Cars 19%Regulated buses

2%

BRT 2%Motorcycles 2%Water 2%Rail 1%

Unregulated busesCarsRegulated busesBRTMotorcyclesWaterRail

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ROAD TRANSPORT IN LAGOS.Godwin Oriabure

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LAGOS MASS RAIL TRANSPORT.Godwin Oriabure

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AIR TRANSPORT IN LAGOS. Godwin Oriabure

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FERRY TRANSPORT IN LAGOS. INADEQUATE?

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WHY FERRY SERVICE IN LAGOS?•A considerate part of the state area is made up of lagoon and creeks. Lagos lagoon covers a total waterways of about 426.0km with coastline and inland waterways.

•Water transport at peak hours commuter service would complement existing bus, car, taxi, rail etc

•Water transport is found to have caused a reduced journey time by an average of 46.33%.

•Water transport has the capacity to remove 41.1% of daily commuter traffic.

•27% of household in Lagos depend on water transport.

•52% of journeys purposes on water transport involve journeys to work, which are wholly short trips not exceeding 10 km on the average for certain links.

Links: www.laswa-ng.com

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WHY FERRY SERVICE IN LAGOS? CONTD.

•Water transport has a potential to become an alternate mode of transport for serving especially low-income communities such as Makoko and Ajegunle areas in Lagos state.

•The demand for trips in the Lagos megacity region by all modes(including walking) was 22 million per day.

•The rapid increase in population and standard of living will bring the daily demand for trips to 40 million per day by 2032.

•Walk trips accounted for 40% of total trips in Metropolitan Lagos.

• Environmental sustainability i.e. Less pollution and damage to the environment.

•Drastic reduction in operational and maintenance costs of vehicles.

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MOBILITY IMPACT OF FERRY SERVICE.

•Economic Impact-Reduction in travel time over 2 hours to 45 mins.-Reduction in cost from $3 to a dollar.-Reduction in waiting time from over 30 mins to 5 mins.

•Social Impact-Generation of over 2000 employment (direct and indirect)-Improved accessibility to the central business district

•Environment Impact-Reduction in air pollution along the corridor by 25%.

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ROUTES CURRENTLY BEING OPERATED BY FERRY SERVICE IN LAGOS.

•Marina-Apapa

•Marina-Mile 2

•Ebute Ero- Oyingbo

•Marina-Ijora

•Marina-Tarkwa Bay.

•Ikorodu-Marina

•Marina-Lekki-Ikoyi-Victoria-Badore.

•Routes in need of ferry services.

•Makoko-Tolu-Ajegunle-Satellite Town-Festac-LASU-Bagagry

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MAP OF FERRY TERMINALS ON THE LAGOS WATERWAYS

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MAP OF THE MAJOR COMMUTER ROUTES ON THE LAGOS WATERWAYS

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FINANCING FERRY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IN LAGOS.

•The Infrastructure Bank: A Nigerian based bank founded in 1992 with a mission to provide financial solutions to support key infrastructure projects including transportation infrastructure, municipal common services, mass housing and district development, solid waste management and water provision and power and renewable energy projects. The bank is majority owned by the private sector but also has the federal/state/local governments and the Labour Unions in Nigeria as shareholders. It is a private sector led development finance institution and it has built partnerships and alliances with the following:

•Development Bank of Southern Africa.•Industrial development corporation of South Africa.•PricewaterhouseCoopers corporate Finance Global•Pan-China (Pty) Construction Group.•Banco Efisa of Portugal.•Bigen Africa (Pty) of South Africa.•Aurecon Group.•Canac Railway Services Inc. of Canada•GHK International.

Click Link: www.infrastructurebankplc.com

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FINANCING FERRY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IN LAGOS CONTD.

•The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF):A Nigerian based, African funded philanthropic organisation, dedicated to transforming the continent through entrepreneurship. Founded in 2010 by Nigeria’s billionaire, Mr. Tony Elumelu, the foundation has a mission to empower entrepreneurs and catalyze entrepreneur-led developments across Africa.

The foundation has earmarked $100 million for African entrepreneurs in all ventures. The founder believes in Africapitalism, a doctrine predicated on the belief that a vibrant African-led private sector is the key to unlocking Africa’s economic potentials. The foundation in July, 2015 provided non-refundable seed capital of $5000 for 1000 African entrepreneurs to support their ventures.

Click link: www.tonyelumelufoundation.org

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AREAS OF INVESTMENTWater transportation (passengers, car and cargo)

• Construction of Infrastructure and management.• Technical Partnership and consultancy.• Financing• Provision of Logistics.

• Benefits to Investors.

• Concession of viable projects to investors for a specified period that guarantee good return on investments.

• Approved sites for the development of new terminals on build, Operate, Manage and Transfer(BOTM) basis.

• Tax holidays and waivers where necessary.

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REFERENCES•www.lamata-ng.com

•www.tonyelumelufoundation.org

•www.Infrastructurebankplc.com

•www.laswa-ng.com

•Paul .C. Ugboaja (2013): A Sustainability Assessment of Nigerian Transport Policy. International Journal of Asian Social Science, Vol 3(5): 1208-1226.

•O.A Adejare, P.C Nwilo, J.O Olusina and Y.D Opawa(2011): A Study of Ferry Service Route Network in Lagos Lagoon Nigeria- Using Graph Theory. Journal Of Geography & Regional Planning, Vol 4(6) pp 326-337.

•Atubi, Augustus(2013): An Evaluation of Transport Infrastructure In Lagos State, Nigeria. Journal of Alternative Perspective in the Social Sciences. Vol 5 No3, 477-494.

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