Apapa Traffic Affecting Ports Efficiency, International Embarrassment to Nigeria, Bello Tells New Lagos Traffic Task Team
*As Task Team seeks collaboration with Shippers’ Council on tackling gridlock
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, has described the current poor traffic situation in Apapa as an international embarrassment to the country, adding that the situation is affecting the efficiency of the Lagos ports.
Bello told the newly-inaugurated Lagos State Government Task Team on Restoration of Law and Order on Apapa Ports Access Roads during a courtesy visit to the Council,
saying this was why the Federal Ministry of Transportation has prioritized the solving of the Apapa traffic situation.
Evidence of this, he said, was the on-the-spot assessment visit paid to the ports by the Minister, Rt. Hon Chibuike Amaechi, the Permanent Secretary Dr. Magdalene Ajani and other top officials of the Ministry to Apapa in December 2020.
He said the Implementation Committee on the Ministerial Directives to decongest traffic gridlock along the Port Access Roads and Lagos Maritime Logistics Ring would work in tandem with the Task Team as a permanent solution to the Apapa traffic problem will benefit all Nigerians by eliminating the distortions in prices of goods imported into Nigeria
The newly-inaugurated Lagos State Government Task Team on Restoration of Law and Order on Apapa Ports Access Roads had during the visit solicited the cooperation of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council to enable it solve the traffic problem in Apapa.
The Chairman of the Task Team Mr. Toyin Fayinka made the call during a courtesy visit to NSC’s headquarter in Lagos on Tuesday.
In a statement from the Head of Public Relations, NSC, Rakiya Zubairu, the Chairman of the Task Team, Fayinka who is also the Special Assistant for Transportation to Governor Sanwo-olu said the essence of the delegation’s visit to NSC was to introduce the team to the Council.
He emphasising that the Committee cannot succeed in its assignment without the support of the NSC, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and other agencies in the maritime sector.
General Manager, Lagos Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Jide Oduyoye, who is a member of the team, said LASTMA will not hesitate to sanction any case of indiscriminate parking of trucks on port access roads.
He lamented the lack of regulation of truckers and truck ownership, pointing out that most trucks are second hand and unserviceable. He said minimum standards are required for truck drivers and trucks.
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, has described the current poor traffic situation in Apapa as an international embarrassment to the country, adding that the situation is affecting the efficiency of the Lagos ports.
Bello told the newly-inaugurated Lagos State Government Task Team on Restoration of Law and Order on Apapa Ports Access Roads during a courtesy visit to the Council,
saying this was why the Federal Ministry of Transportation has prioritized the solving of the Apapa traffic situation.
Evidence of this, he said, was the on-the-spot assessment visit paid to the ports by the Minister, Rt. Hon Chibuike Amaechi, the Permanent Secretary Dr. Magdalene Ajani and other top officials of the Ministry to Apapa in December 2020.
He said the Implementation Committee on the Ministerial Directives to decongest traffic gridlock along the Port Access Roads and Lagos Maritime Logistics Ring would work in tandem with the Task Team as a permanent solution to the Apapa traffic problem will benefit all Nigerians by eliminating the distortions in prices of goods imported into Nigeria
The newly-inaugurated Lagos State Government Task Team on Restoration of Law and Order on Apapa Ports Access Roads had during the visit solicited the cooperation of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council to enable it solve the traffic problem in Apapa.
The Chairman of the Task Team Mr. Toyin Fayinka made the call during a courtesy visit to NSC’s headquarter in Lagos on Tuesday.
In a statement from the Head of Public Relations, NSC, Rakiya Zubairu, the Chairman of the Task Team, Fayinka who is also the Special Assistant for Transportation to Governor Sanwo-olu said the essence of the delegation’s visit to NSC was to introduce the team to the Council.
He emphasising that the Committee cannot succeed in its assignment without the support of the NSC, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and other agencies in the maritime sector.
General Manager, Lagos Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Jide Oduyoye, who is a member of the team, said LASTMA will not hesitate to sanction any case of indiscriminate parking of trucks on port access roads.
He lamented the lack of regulation of truckers and truck ownership, pointing out that most trucks are second hand and unserviceable. He said minimum standards are required for truck drivers and trucks.
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