?Following the return of petroleum tankers to the ever-busy Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, tank farms operating along the Apapa axis, especially those within the Ibru Jetty at Coconut bus stop have warned tankers without tags to stay clear of the facilities.
?Apparently not satisfied with the way tankers have returned to the expressway after the one week strike action was called-off, the tank farms have said that each tanker must obtain programmes and a tag to confirm them to come and load at the depot.
?Following the return of petroleum tankers to the ever-busy Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, tank farms operating along the Apapa axis, especially those within the Ibru Jetty at Coconut bus stop have warned tankers without tags to stay clear of the facilities.
?Apparently not satisfied with the way tankers have returned to the expressway after the one week strike action was called-off, the tank farms have said that each tanker must obtain programmes and a tag to confirm them to come and load at the depot.
A stakeholder at the jetty, Fidel Aisodionne in a chat with Shipping Position Daily confirmed that since the depot introduced the call-up system, the tanker drivers union has began the enforcement.
He said that trucks that are still queuing up towards Mile 2 and Sanya Bus stops are doing so illegally and using the expressway as a parking area since they have no clearance to come to the depot.
Confirming the new process to our correspondent, a depot official, Mr. Mathew Akadiri said that entering into the depots is now based on a tag system called 'no tag no loading'. He also confirmed that since it's enforcement on Monday last week, the traffic along the axis has subsided.
Explaining how it works, he said: "The tag is such that when you go to the bank to pay for product, you will wait until your payment is cleared, and when it is cleared, you will provide your truck number and the depot will raise a programme for you?"
"By the time they raise the programme, to give you a sign, you are given a tag, and your driver now puts the tag in front of the truck and drives straight to the depot without questioning"
"Tanker drivers without the tag are not allowed to come near the depot, the method is really effective, however, those trucks queuing up around Mile 2 area are just keeping vigil there, hoping that one day it will be their own turn, and this is not normal" Akadiri stated.
?According to him, the continued stay of petroleum tankers on the expressway is illegal, he reiterated that they are supposed to go to a truck park, obtain their tags before they start coming to the depot.
He claimed that the traffic situation on the Apapa-Oshodi expressway is now better, he assured it it will fizzle out before next Friday.
Meanwhile, our correspondent confirmed that the price of product at the depot is still at; Diesel (AGO) N128, kerosene N109, and petrol (PMS) N97
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