Coiuncil of Managing Directors Urges LASG To Use Wharf Landing Fees To Repair Port Access Roads

The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has urged the Lagos State Government to use the Wharf Landing Levies to repair some collapsed roads leading to the Lagos ports.
The NCMDLCA appeal is contained in a letter they sent to the Lagos State Government earlier this month.
The letter was signed by NCMDLCA National President, Mr Lucky Amiwero.

The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has urged the Lagos State Government to use the Wharf Landing Levies to repair some collapsed roads leading to the Lagos ports.
The NCMDLCA appeal is contained in a letter they sent to the Lagos State Government earlier this month.
The letter was signed by NCMDLCA National President, Mr Lucky Amiwero.
The council in the letter decried the poor state of access roads leading in and out of the Lagos seaports, noting that their deplorable state was impacting negatively on the nation’s revenue.
According to the letter, the objective of the levy remains that the state government should also contribute part of the wharf landing fees for the maintenance of the port access roads.
It argued that potholes on the roads to Tin Can Island Port, Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, Port Terminal Multi-Service Ltd, Brawal and Lilypond were constituting major hindrance to trucks carrying containers.
“The potholes pose a huge threat to lives and property due to the endless traffic congestion on the roads.
“The situation of the roads has assumed an alarming proportion resulting in intermittent loss of lives as a result of loaded goods that fall on cars, trucks and sometimes on persons.
“The dilapidated roads also aid operation of armed robbers because the condition of some of the bad spots is alarming,’’ it said.
The letter also noted that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) was expected to maintain and manage the ports access road with part of the seven pe rcent ports development levy.
It said that regulation of traffic within the limits of a port or the approach to the port was within the purview of NPA.
The letter said that after the concession of the ports in 2006, the NPA was limited to the provision of services on the marine components of the port.
It also noted that the roads were stumbling blocks to international maritime traffic which had led to the ports being termed one of the most expensive within the sub-region.