Apapa gridlock: Nigeria lost over N1.3bn in two weeks

President of the Shippers’ Association of Lagos State, Jonathen Nicol, has said that the two weeks traffic gridlock which grounded business activities in the port city cost the industry over N1.3 billion.

Speaking with Vanguard in Lagos, Nicol said that all sectors of the industry were affected aversely during the period of the traffic lock down.

The Shippers’ Association boss explained that for the period, the Nigeria Customs Service, Terminal Operators, Shipping Companies, Clearing agents, Shippers, truckers, amongst others did next to nothing and that definitely affected their revenue.

According to him, the traffic jammed “directly resulted in partial congestion and

Fashola to deploy taskforce, LASTMA on Apapa gridlock

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, on Sunday said the state taskforce on environmental and other special offences and the Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) would be deployed to bring sanity to the road traffic situation in Apapa.

This follows the governor’s second visit to Apapa in one week, after reports that there had been no improvement in the traffic situation since his last visit on Sunday July 6. During that visit, the governor had held dialogue with stakeholders including fuel tanker drivers and tank farm owners, advising them to conduct their businesses in a manner that would cause minimum disturbance to others.

 During his visit to Apapa yesterday, Fashola said