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Meantime, two transport unions, NURTW, and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, are set for a showdown that may disrupt port operations over sale of tickets to truck drivers at the ports.
Vanguard gathered that the 'toll fee' collected by miscreants ranges from N1,000 to N5,000 per truck. And the result of this is terrible traffic jam we are left to toy with," he further stated.Įven at that, the LASTMA officials are afraid to confront the NURTW officials for fear of being attacked, they said the NURTW members are ready to do anything to hurt their officials, hence they try to avoid them by all means. "All of them want to get to tank farm and the seaport at the same time which is not possible. He added that the tanker and truck drivers too are compounding the traffic situation by struggling with one another on the road. Rather than allow us manage the traffic professionally, they give counter instructions to the truck drivers thereby causing traffic jam."
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"The problem we are facing here is that the NURTW members are not helping our job to free movement. When confronted on the continued gridlock in the axis, a LASTMA official who spoke under anonymity, blamed NURTW members as being responsible for the poor management of the traffic which has led to complete standstill in the area. Participants, who spoke at the no holds-barred meeting, pointed accusing fingers at truckers, NPA, TTP, LASTMA, Police as well as port unions as being responsible for the continuous gridlock in Apapa and environs.Ĭhairman, Special Traffic Management and Enforcement Compliance Team, who is also the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, who convened the meeting read the riot act to truckers, and stakeholders, involved in the ongoing mounting of illegal check points, collection, among others. The meeting witnessed heated accusations and counter accusations among the stakeholders over issues of illegal road blocks by miscreants, extortions and illegal collection of levies, among others. Stakeholders at the meeting included: Truck Transit Park, TTP, Council of Maritime Transport Unions and Association, COMTUA, National Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, Road Transport Employer Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Nigerian Police, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, among others.
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