By Chiazo Ogbolu
Lagos, April 28, 2021 The Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) has appealed to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to make its âcall-up systemâ for trucks to be totally automated and impactful.
Mr Remi Ogungbemi, Chairman of AMATO made the appeal in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos.
Ogungbemi observed that improper coordination and indiscriminate release of trucks from Pre-gates to either transit park or directly into the ports and other loading points were causing the rowdiness on the road.
Naija247news reports that indiscriminate parking of trailers has resurfaced around Costain, Ijora and Orile-Iganmu axis leading to the Apapa ports in the last few days.
Apapa gridlock: NPA, AMATO clash over impounded trucks
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By Godwin Oritse
TRUCK owners, under the aegis of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners AMATO, and the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, are currently on a collision course over some impounded trucks that attempted to circumvent the Electronic Call-Up system.
The leadership of AMATO has called on the NPA to urgently release all trucks impounded by the Lagos State Special Traffic and Enforcement Team.
The group said the impounded trucks had valid call-up tickets, a claim the NPA has debunked.
In a statement issued at the end of the stakeholders meeting, yesterday, held at the AMATO headquarters in Apapa, the truck owners alleged that there were irregularities and corruption in the NPA’s call-up system, noting that fake call-up tickets are currently in circulation.
Apapa gridlock: Has Sanwo-Olu run out of steam?
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Godwin Oritse
DESPITE introduction of the electronic-Call Up system into port operations, there seems to be no end in sight to the Apapa gridlock, as container-laden vehicles and tankers continue to park indiscriminately along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.
The situation has made motorists and commuters undergo anguish daily as they expressed doubt over Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s inability to restore sanity in the axis after relieving the Federal Government’s task team of their duties on the road.
Stakeholders meeting on e-Call-up system
The Lagos State Government, Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, and other stakeholders had agreed to adopt a new e-Call-up system for trucks at a crucial meeting which commenced on February 27, 2021, which is based on a first-come-first-serve basis.
By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Godwin Oritse
DESPITE introduction of the electronic-Call Up system into port operations, there seems to be no end in sight to the Apapa gridlock, as container-laden vehicles and tankers continue to park indiscriminately along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.
The situation has made motorists and commuters undergo anguish daily as they expressed doubt over Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s inability to restore sanity in the axis after relieving the Federal Government’s task team of their duties on the road.
Stakeholders meeting on e-Call-up system
The Lagos State Government, Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, and other stakeholders had agreed to adopt a new e-Call-up system for trucks at a crucial meeting which commenced on February 27, 2021, which is based on a first-come-first-serve basis.
APAPA BLOCKADE: Police, LATSMA pass buck over scuttling of e-Call Up system
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By Evelyn Usman &
Godwin Bivbere
THE relevant traffic agencies responsible for restoring sanity on the Apapa Oshodi expressway, yesterday, engaged in buck-passing over an alleged conspiracy to scuttle the electronic Call-Up system, as the gridlock worsened.
The agencies saddled with the responsibility of controlling traffic in the axis are the Nigeria Police, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and the Lagos Special Traffic Management and Enforcement Compliance Team.
Some aggrieved members of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners, AMATO, had accused the Police and officials of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, of Part of the line-up activities, includes Holy Communion Service, with the sermon to be preached by the former Presiding Chaplain, Lagos State Chapel, in Alausa, Ikeja, Very Revd. Ayo Oyadotun, and business sessions, among others, frus