Nigeria and the painful costs of transportation setbacks, By Cheta Nwanze

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Nigeria has spent over $200 billion on infrastructure since 2000 and remains a country where a businessman cannot move between two cities in a day without losing the day. The transport sector is the engine of every modern economy. Ours is idling on the road and stranded at the gate, and until that…

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