Apapa Gridlock: Lagos Suspends Approval for Development of Tank Farms…Gives 30-day Ultimatum to Tank Farm Owners Without Adequate Loading Bay
Lagos State Government Monday announced
the suspension of approval for development of tank farms in Apapa as part of its renewed effort to restore sanity completely as well as fashion out immediate and long term solution along the Oshodi-Apapa corridor and prevent a repeat of the chaos caused by containerized trucks and tankers parked on the road.
Rising from a closed door meeting with stakeholders in the maritime and transport sectors, including Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Shippers Council, Tank Farm Owners, Department of Petroleum Resources, Security Agencies and Clearing and Forwarding Agents, held at the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja and chaired by State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, the State Government also resolved to accelerate and complete work on the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Trailer Park in Orile within the next one month.
The State Commissioner for Transportation, Ladi Lawanson, who briefed journalists on the resolutions reached at the meeting which lasted for over three hours, said all stakeholders had resolved to work...
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Abdul Hakeem Mobolaj, Abdul Lateef
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