Lagos – The Chairman, Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO), Chief Remi Ogungbemi, said on Thursday that the trucks holding bay being built in Apapa, Lagos, would ease traffic congestion along roads leading to ports.
Ogungbemi stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
He said that the new facility would assist port stakeholders in their daily businesses.
According to Ogungbemi, the bay which is being constructed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing at the instance of AMATO and other stakeholders, would accommodate 1,500 vehicles at once.
“The challenges we face when port operatives cashed in on the gridlock at peak periods to extort our members will come to an end.
“The truck bay is what we are looking forward to from government as major stakeholders in the sector, ’’ Ogungbemi told NAN.
He urged the supervisory ministry and the contractor handling the project to ensure that the truck bay “is built to specification and within the allocated time frame’’.
Ogungbemi advised that the government and truck owners should partner in the managing the bay to forestall friction.
NAN reports that the facility was among ongoing projects inspected by the House Committee on Maritime in February.
The committee gave a directive that the contractor should ensure completion of the truck bay on record time. (NAN)
