THE STATUS OF MOBILITY (TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS AND TELEMATICS) IN AFRICA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The state of transportation in Nigeria can be classified into five major modes – Roads, Rail, Water, Air and Pipelines and Conveyors. The contribution of the transport sector to the economy of Nigeria if considered by the GDP tends to stagnate or decline at about 3% of GDP. Indeed the sector’s real contribution to GDP continued to decline from 6 % in 198