Kaura-Zaria Railway: A Desertion of Contemporary Potent Economic Contingencies

Abstract

Transportation is a prominent infrastructure for sustaining economic momentum especially in areas of diversification of production base, valuable trade expansion network and intimating resources and markets into a coherent and cohesive economy. Nigerian economic diversification is centrally focused on resuscitation of minerals, agriculture and manufacturing development. This quest is securable with development of rail transportation which is precursor for regional productivity by integrating different regions resulting in increased mobility of labor forces, nominal and economical exchange of commodities and enterprises and productive interaction among the national industries. Furthermore, railway transportation system is esteemed to be the key component in business efficiency in the level of proficiency and accessibility it provides to the customers, markets, labor and materials by providing effective information about the capacity of existing transportation infrastructure in enhancing economic momentum. Railroad abandonment is economically disastrous due to its undesirable consequences on the region which lose such services and such deprivation can lead to an adverse effect on economic and social prominence of the region and utterly inhibit the economic expansion and development of a nation. This paper highlights the deterioration of economic activities of geographical north-western states of Nigeria due to abandonment of Zaria-Kaura Namoda railroad terminal as one of the significant infrastructural systems in the country.