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    Assessment of the performance of railway transportation in Nigeria from 1970 to 2010
    (2022) Ogochukwu CG; Ogochukwu OF; Ogorchukwu IM; Ebuka IA
    Railway transportation is globally seen as an environmentally-friendly mode of mass transit system. Hence, many countries have continued to take steps to enhance the efficiency of their rail transportation industry. In Nigeria, efforts at reviving the railway transportation system have seen the adoption of two managerial options: public-private partnership (PPP) (concession) and public management, but the performance of this transport system under these two managerial regimes is yet to be investigated. Therefore, this research assessed the performance of railway transportation in these two managerial options in Nigeria for a 40-year period, between 1970 and 2010. The study is based on documentary analysis with data sourced mainly from archival records. The performance variables investigated were total revenue and total number of passengers and freight carriages handled as contained in the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) Annual Reports from 1970 to 2010. The data were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics and ANOVA. The results revealed a significant difference in the performance of railway transportation between the two management options. Whereas a marginal increase in performance was observed during concession, a drastic decline in performance occurred in the public management era under NRC. It was also observed that there was no statistically significant difference in the performance of railway transportation across the geo-political zones in the country. These results imply that poor management is one of the principal factors that had affected the performance of the railway industry in the country in the period under review. The study concluded that for Nigeria to enhance the performance of railway transportation and maximize the benefits thereof, the issue of poor management must be addressed in this vital sub-sector of the transportation industry.