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
