This question was fairly popular among the candidates and many of those who attempted the question performed very well in the (a) aspect of the question. However, some of the     candidates could not outline the factors that hinder the development of transportation        network in their country.  The expected answers include:

-           inadequate funding;
-           mismanagement;
-           low patronage;
-           poor terrain;
-           high cost of spare parts;
-           silting of river channels;
-           poor implementation of transport policies;
-           seasonality of rivers;
-           soil erosion/flooding;
-           poor visibility;
-           presence of cataract, rapids and waterfalls;