Nigeria at 66: I weep whenever I remember state of Nigerian railways – Akukwe, GFFMA president

By Dickson Okafor
National President, Global Freight Forwarders and Maritime Association (GFFMA), Basil Akukwe, has blamed corrupt leaders that have been at helm of the governance affairs of the country being responsible for the clear fact that Nigeria is still crawling economically.
He lamented that Ghana, whose citizens were chased out of Nigeria in 1983, under the Shehu Shagari administration, has turned out today to be the new economic destination for Nigerian youths to seek greener pastures.
Akukwe called on the political leadership to replicate in Nigeria the modern standards of rail transportation they see overseas in Nigeria as a key component of revamping the nation’s econ...