Congestion Looms at Apapa Port as Truckers Threaten to Strike Friday

The industrial action by truck drivers evacuating goods at the Apapa Port which is proposed to start today will shut down the port and worsen its congestion, a situation analysts have said could adversely affect the economy of the country.

Truck drivers and other major stakeholders at the port are protesting alleged extortion by personnel of the Nigerian Navy and other government agencies implementing the traffic call up system introduced by the federal government to manage the precarious Apapa traffic gridlock.

THISDAY gathered that the truck drivers might commence the strike today, a move some of their officials said was aimed at total shutdown of activity at the port.

A leader of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) told THISDAY that the industrial action would be embarked upon by individual truck owners and drivers who are tired of the situation under which they operate.

THISDAY, July 6, 2018

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