A maritime academician, whose specialisation is freight forwarding, Mr Demola Irinyemi, last week said some urgency was necessary in the repair of roads leading to the Apapa and Tin-can Island ports in Lagos.
Irinyemi, a Senior Lecturer at Fortune Business School, Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that access roads from Berger to Apapa and from Apapa to Tin-can Island, were “death traps“.
“Repair of the roads leading to the nation’s ports should not to be left to the government alone.
A maritime academician, whose specialisation is freight forwarding, Mr Demola Irinyemi, last week said some urgency was necessary in the repair of roads leading to the Apapa and Tin-can Island ports in Lagos.
Irinyemi, a Senior Lecturer at Fortune Business School, Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that access roads from Berger to Apapa and from Apapa to Tin-can Island, were “death traps“.
“Repair of the roads leading to the nation’s ports should not to be left to the government alone.
“The concessionaires should also be very much involved to get them in good condition.
“It is not good for business that containers are falling from trucks on those roads on daily basis,“ he said.
He said it was not prudent business to invest millions of money to buy tankers, equipment and other operational facilities needed for profit break-even and not reap such due to bad roads.
Irinyemi added that the Federal Government should not toy with the provision of infrastructure for the maritime industry.
He said that ports concession had brought about improvements in the industry.
He said that the concessionaires were using up-to-date equipment and were providing efficient and quick services.
He, however, said that port charges demanded by the concessionaires were high, and that the charges needed to be reviewed downwards.
“This high port charges is responsible for cargo diversion from Nigeria to ports in neighbouring countries,’’ he said.
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