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RTEAN Threatens NPA with Court Action Over Extortion


The Apapa branch of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has threatened a legal action against the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) if it fails to stop its personnel from extorting its members inside the Tin-Can Island Port.
Alleging extortions by officials of the NPA and the Nigeria Police deployed at the port, the Vice Chairman of RTEAN Lagos State, Mr. AdeolaAdeyemi, told told news menthat there are about eight extortion points inside the port mounted by officials of both organizations.
Adeyemi, who is a truck owner and Vice Chairman of the Council of Maritime Truck Owners Association (COMTUA), also said that between Anyman Canteen and Tin-Can Second gate, a total of N84,000 is extorted from each truck on a daily basis. ....

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Container deposit: Nigerians paying N16bn annually to shipping companies, NSC laments


Container deposit: Nigerians paying N16bn annually to shipping companies, NSC laments
Container deposit: Nigerians paying N16bn annually to shipping companies, NSC laments
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The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) over the weekend lamented that Nigerians, since 2018, have been paying around N16bn annually as container deposit fees to foreign shipping companies. This is even, as the agency also revealed that its collaboration with the National Insurance Commission (NICOM) is expected to put an end to this arbitrary payment by the close of the second quarter of 2021.
Addressing maritime journalists in Lagos at the NSC headquarters, the Executive Secretary/Ceo of the NSC, Hassan Bello explained that in 2018, Nigerians paid N16bn to foreign shipping companies as container deposit fees; and that the figures for 2019 and 2020 were not different from what obtained in 2018. ....

Nigeria General , Hassan Bello , Nigerian Shippers Council , National Insurance Commission , Apapa Bulk Terminal Limited , Greenview Development Nigeria Limited , Organised Private Sector , Five Star Logistics , Tin Can Island Container Terminal , Cross River , நைஜீரியா ஜநரல் , ஹாசன் பெல்லோ , நைஜீரியன் கப்பல் ஏற்றுமதி செய்பவர்கள் சபை , தேசிய காப்பீடு தரகு , கிரீன்வியூ வளர்ச்சி நைஜீரியா வரையறுக்கப்பட்டவை , ஆர்கநைஸ்ட் ப்ரைவேட் துறை , ஐந்து நட்சத்திரம் தளவாடங்கள் , தகரம் முடியும் தீவு கொள்கலன் முனையத்தில் , குறுக்கு நதி ,