Lagos Task Team Seeks Shippers Council Collaboration On Tackling Traffic Crisis In Apapa
The newly-inaugurated Task Team by Lagos State Government to restore law and order on Apapa Ports Access Roads State has solicited the cooperation Nigeria Shippers’ Council to enable it deliver on its Mandate of bringing sanity on the ports access roads.
The Chairman of the Task Team Mr. Toyin Fayinka made the call during a courtesy visit to NSC’s headquarter in Lagos on Tuesday.
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.
Responding, the Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello described the Apapa traffic situation as an international embarrassment.
The traffic in Apapa he said, is affecting the efficiency of the port. He assured the Team that the Federal Ministry of Transportation has prioritized the solving of the Apapa traffic situation. Evidence of this he said is the on-the-spot assessment visit paid to the ports by the Minister, 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.
