(a) Draw an outline map of Nigeria. On the map. mark and name: (i) the...

Explanation

(a) Map of Nigeria showing : (i) Major road from Lagos to Portharcourt (ii) Railway line from Lagos to Kano.

(b) Contributions of transportation to the economic development of Nigeria:

(i) Movement of people

(ii) Movement of goods

(iii) Creation of job opportunities

(iv) Promote internal trade (v) Promote

international trade (vi) Income to workers

(vii) promotes national integration (viii)

opening up new areas for development

(ix) Linkages between areas of transactions

(areas of production & areas of consumption)

(x) Revenue generation for government

(.xi) Infrastructural development

(xii) Promotion of tourism (xiii) Diffusion

of ideas' and innovations (xiv) Enhancement

of production/GNP (xv) improvement in

standard of living (xvi) Access to natural resources

(xvii) Helps in the of growth of settlement

(xviii) Ease of administration

(xix) foreign exchange earnings

(xx) Diversification of the economy.

(c) Problems limiting rail transportation ill

Nigeria: (i) Slow speed (ii) Narrow gauge

(iii) Low patronage

(iv) High cost of construction (v) Poor management (vi) Inadequate skilled technicians

(vii) High cost of maintenance (viii) Competition with other means of transportation (ix) Poor maintenance

(x) Old/outdated coaches (xi) Poor time schedules (xii) Difficult terrain (xiii) Derailment due to flooding (xiv) Poor communication

leading to accidents (xv) Scarcity of spare parts (xvi) Railways do not have wide coverage/non-flexibility (not flexible)

(xvii) Trains can only interchange at stations/single track

(xviii) Low level of agricultural and other industrial productions (xix) Lack of political will/inconsistency in government policies

(xx) Inadequate capital (xxi) Dwindling of mineral reserves (xxii) Low level of technology