Oshodi – Apapa Exp Way: Truck drivers attribute demurrage, extortion to gridlock vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The perennial gridlock along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, seems to have put all relevant government agencies and government at all levels at their wit’s end, as it has taken a new dimension, owing to the stretch of trucks from Mile 2 to Isolo.This has further heightened the already harrowing ordeals of other motorists plying the ever busy express-way, as they are left at the mercy of hoodlums who attack them in broad daylight and at night.
He said, “ Before leaving the port, a huge amount of money is paid as deposit, with a stipulated day given to return the empty container, failure of which deduction will be made from source” At times companies pay as much as N150,000 and N250,000 for their trucks to enter into the port to load, while those of us who rent trucks watch and wait patiently for one week or more before it gets to our turn.
Briefing journalists at a farewell ceremony to mark his exit as the Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft Rear Admiral Eyo said, “The worst critic will not say that the traffic situation is worse than the way we get it. To some extent, we have recorded some progress”
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