Tag: Apapa Gridlock

Apapa Gridlock Resurfaces As Truckers Clog Port Access Roads
October 26, 2025 No Responses

Apapa Gridlock Resurfaces As Truckers Clog Port Access Roads

The notorious traffic gridlock that once crippled Apapa and its environs is making a troubling comeback, threatening to paralyze movement and disrupt port operations once again.Despite past government interventions, residents, commuters, and port workers are now contending with renewed evening...
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Jime: We Don’t Want Apapa Gridlock Replicated In Lekki
March 16, 2022 No Responses

Jime: We Don’t Want Apapa Gridlock Replicated In Lekki

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, on Tuesday said that the council does not want a replication of Apapa gridlock at the Lekki Freeport Terminal.  Jime made the assertion in Lagos when a delegation from the ...
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Emefiele: Lagos Free Zone To Decongest Apapa, Tincan Island Ports
March 6, 2022 No Responses

Emefiele: Lagos Free Zone To Decongest Apapa, Tincan Island Ports

The commencement of the Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) will help overcome the Apapa-Tincan Island port congestion, Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said    Emefiele said this when he visited the facility on Saturday i...
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Bello-Koko: Apapa Gridlock My Greatest Headache
August 2, 2021 No Responses

Bello-Koko: Apapa Gridlock My Greatest Headache

The traffic gridlock on the Apapa road leading to the port has constituted a major headache to the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), its acting Managing Director, Alhaji Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said. Bello-Koko told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos that the...
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‘Lagos, NPA Collaboration will End Apapa Gridlock’
June 7, 2021 No Responses

‘Lagos, NPA Collaboration will End Apapa Gridlock’

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is optimistic that its renewed collaboration with the Lagos State Government will bring an end to the perennial gridlock within and around the Apapa metropolis.  A statement issued on Sunday by Mr Olaseni Alakija, Genera...
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Apapa Gridlock: Why Everyone Should Support ‘Eto’
April 1, 2021 No Responses

Apapa Gridlock: Why Everyone Should Support ‘Eto’

By Niran Adedokun  — Four weeks after the take off of Etó, the electronic truck call-up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA), it could be tempting to dismiss it as one of those futile ...
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Lagos Task Team On Apapa Traffic Seeks Collaboration with Shippers’ Council
February 11, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Task Team On Apapa Traffic Seeks Collaboration with Shippers’ Council

The newly-inaugurated Lagos State Government Task Team on Restoration of Law and Order on Apapa Ports Access Roads has solicited the cooperation of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to enable it solve the traffic challenges in the area.  The Chairman...
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Sanwo-Olu Tasks Apapa Traffic Team On Zero Tolerance For Offences
February 1, 2021 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Tasks Apapa Traffic Team On Zero Tolerance For Offences

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the constitution of a Special Traffic Management and Enforcement Compliance Team to resolve the traffic gridlock in and around Apapa.  Sanwo-Olu said in a statement signed by the Commissioner for I...
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NPA Unveils Fresh Agenda To Tackle Apapa Gridlock
May 1, 2019 No Responses

NPA Unveils Fresh Agenda To Tackle Apapa Gridlock

As part of its commitment to end the present gridlock along Apapa Ports access roads, the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is at the verge of commissioning two transit parks located at Lillypond and Tin can Island Second Gate....
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