MAJOR truck owners operating in Lagos ports, yesterday, opened a can of warms, alleging fraud in the electronic Call-Up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to address the chaotic traffic situation in Apapa and its environs.
Views: Visits 5 By Godwin Oritse MAJOR truck owners operating in Lagos ports, yesterday, opened a can of warms, alleging fraud in the electronic Call-Up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to address the chaotic traffic situation in Apapa and its environs. The truck owners, who spoke as members of Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Associations, COMTUA, and concerned stakeholders, said implementation of the e-Call-Up system is exposed to sabotage. COMTUA is made up of truck owners in the Nigerian maritime sector. The associations include the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN; National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW; Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO; Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and Corporate Fleet Owners.
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Sanity is yet to return to the Apapa corridor, as fuel tankers and containerised vehicles have resumed indiscriminate parking along the road.
This is coming barely four days after the Nigerian Ports Authority had on Saturday inaugurated a new call-up system designed to permanently address the movement of trailers in and out of the ports.
Our correspondent who went on a tour of the Lagos ports on Thursday from Ijora end, as well as Tin-Can, noticed several trucks on the road which contributed to a gridlock that stretched from Mile 2 to Toyota later in the evening.
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Freight forwarders are not convinced that the perennial gridlock issues faced at the Lagos port will subside.
This is following the decision of the Lagos State Government to take over the control of Apapa gridlock from the Federal Task Force.
In a series of interviews, some of the freight forwarders who spoke to our correspondent were unsure anything good would come out from the intervention.
A freight forwarder, Gbemi Ola, said, “The rot is deeper than this ill-advised frenzy. I don’t think anything will change.”
He noted that he was presented with the opportunity of participating in a questionnaire or survey but was not keen on participating because he was not sure any of his contributions in abating the traffic would be entertained.